Jeanne was a bit puzzled: "Will this really work?"
"I think it will work."
"You just said a few harsh words, and he, the dignified King of Kings, the leader of the Zoroastrian World, will just hand over Tarsus and Baghdad to you, then stay there obediently waiting to surrender to you?"
Jeanne thought this was too ridiculous.
"Anyway, whether he goes into exile or fights to the bitter end, the result is the same. The Sassanids have almost played all their cards; they no longer have any right to stay at the table."
Seizing Baghdad and Tarsus, the two cores of the Sassanid Dynasty, means that the entire Mesopotamian Plain will soon be in his hands. The last piece of the Fertile Crescent has been completed; the prosperous map of the ancient Assyrian Empire will soon reappear in his hands.
"Rest for tonight, and at dawn tomorrow, march on Baghdad immediately!"
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Persian Plateau, Hamadan City.
