Chapter 388 The King of Kings, the Regicide(2/2)
He became a favored minister in the Western Turkic Khan's court and foiled a palace coup on behalf of the Khan.
Unfortunately, in the end, this famous general was assassinated by an assassin sent by the Persian emperor.
Of course, Bahram was not the first member of the Mihran family to usurp the throne and become emperor, nor was he the last.
In fact, the rise of Banu's father Shahbalaz was due to Bahram's rebellion. At that time, Khosrau II was the crown prince of Khosrow II, and Shahbaliz was only a branch of the Mihran family.
He is the bodyguard of Khosilao II.
He fled to the Byzantine capital Constantinople with Khosrow to ask for help and borrow troops. After borrowing soldiers, he returned home. In a battle, Shahbalaz followed the crown prince Khosrow II with only thirteen companions.
He rushed into the enemy's formation and took the lead to charge and tear the enemy's formation apart. After this battle, Bahbam Chubin was defeated and fled to the Turks.
Khosrow II directly married his sister Mihran to Shahbalaz for this brave confidant.
This Princess Mihran is now Banu's mother.
After putting down the rebellion, Khosrow II married the daughter of the Byzantine emperor, ushering in a rare period of peace that lasted for more than ten years.
However, later, when Khosrow II's father-in-law Maurice I was murdered and usurped by General Phocas, Byzantium fell into civil war. This time it was the Persian emperor's turn to send troops to Rome under the banner of revenge for his father-in-law.
This war never stopped. At the beginning, Persia did take advantage and captured countless Roman territories, including Egypt and Syria. It was also at this time that Shahbalaz showed his famous general style and fought for Persia.
He won countless battles and thus became a powerful warlord in the Sasanian Empire.
But in the end, he also followed the old path of Bahram. He was jealous of the emperor and alienated by Rome. In the end, he rebelled against his brother-in-law, the emperor, and proclaimed himself king. He joined forces with the Eastern Romans to attack the Persian Sasanians, and the Western Turks were also conquered by the Eastern Romans.
Rome pulled up its chariot, and the Persian Sasanian Empire was beaten to pieces.
The latest news brought by the Kang State mission is that the prince Kavad II, who was born to the daughter of Khosrow II and Byzantine Emperor Maurice I, had been imprisoned before. At this time, he took advantage of the palace coup, killed his father and usurped the throne.
Kill all Queen Xuxian and her children.
However, Kavad II killed his father and usurped the throne, which also triggered opposition from many forces in Persia. Now Sassanid Persia is experiencing internal and external troubles and is extremely turbulent.
The King of kings, the King of kings, there are several of them.
Banu's father, Shahbalaz, claimed to be the king of kings and was just one of the many self-proclaimed emperors in Persia.
Several Persian emperors sent envoys to Chang'an, hoping to gain support from the Tang Dynasty, although at this time the Tang Dynasty's western border was only in Dunhuang.
But the Western Turks are now nominally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. The Persians are eager to pull the Western Turkic Khanate off the Byzantine chariot and pull it onto its own chariot. It is best to help them destroy the other Persian puppet emperors first.
When Wu Huaiyu mentioned this to Banu, he actually wanted to ask her if she had ever thought about returning to Persia.
Her father still doesn't know that she is in Chang'an.
"You can write a letter to your father and I will give it to your father's envoy to take back. I can also arrange for you to meet with your father's envoy."
Banu was stunned.
She had been taken into slavery by the emperor's uncle and had been displaced for tens of thousands of miles. She never thought she would be able to go back.
But now after hearing the news, she felt inexplicably neither excited nor expected.
"Chang'an is very good. I like it here, and I also like Erlang. I don't want to go back to Persia anymore." For a long time, she just replied.
"Whether you come back or not, I respect your choice. I will arrange for you to meet the envoy. Even if you don't come back, you can still send greetings to your father and say you are safe."
"Um."
Chapter completed!