When I saw Persour, who looked like a scholar, was surprised. As I imagined...Pesour, as a leader of a guerrilla team, should be a powerful veteran of all five or three or powerful people.
Something like that. But when I saw Persul... I overturned all my impressions of him before. He was just a white-haired and white-bearded old man, and a clean white dress and white hat...
...I can't hook him up with the leader of a thousand people.
"I know you're coming!" Persulci nodded to me in detail, signaled me to sit down in front of him, and then calmly handed me a cup of tea: "Dear guest, for you to defeat twice in Afghanistan for your sake
Soviets, let's have a drink together!"
Muslims do not drink alcohol, so now they use tea instead of wine.
"Dear guest!" After drinking a cup, Persul raised his teacup again and said, "For you to save countless guerrilla lives in Afghanistan, let's drink a cup together!"
I drank it all again.
"Dear guest!" Persour raised his teacup for the third time: "For you to treat Afghans well in Pakistan, let's drink a cup together!"
I smiled... I thought Pelsour was interesting too. I had already poured me three cups of tea before I even started talking about anything. Fortunately, I walked along the way all the way and was thirsty...
Don’t even think of getting me drunk if you come up with the tea!
"Okay!" Pessel nodded at me and said, "I have thanked you for what I should thank you. Now you can say anything!"
I was stunned when I heard this. It turned out that these three cups of tea in Persour still meant that they were clearly grudged... I thanked me first, but he would not compromise the rest of the matter...
Sure enough, ginger is still so spicy... I don’t know where to start now!
After thinking about it, I bowed to Persul and said, "Then I will just say it... I'm here this time, on the one hand, I want to cooperate with you. I hope to exchange weapons, food, etc. for the Sigeo Valley.
A place for you... Of course, I want to declare... the place you give us does not belong to any other country, but only to Afghanistan. I think you have seen Rajer..."
"I believe!" Pessel interrupted me: "What about another thing?"
"Can you ask how your guns, ammunition and food come from?" I said.
"Of course!" Persour smiled and said, "This is our glory. We brought part of our guns and ammunition. We bought part of it, and paid part from the Soviets... I think
You want to know how we maintain it. It’s very simple…snap the Soviet Union’s supply line and use their supplies to maintain our lives!”
"Oh!" I nodded and continued, "So...I don't understand why you refused our help... We can provide you with supplies. The Sigeo Valley is so big... You are more than a thousand people completely
You can't defend. Once the Soviet army discovers you and launches targeted attacks, it will be difficult for you to stop the Soviet army's offensive when there is insufficient supply. If you join forces, you will benefit from both sides... Why not?"
Pessel poured me a cup of tea with a smile, and asked without answering, "Dear guest, do you know the history of Afghanistan?"
I shook my head blankly. The reason I knew this country was entirely because the two superpowers in the world, the Soviet Union and the United States, had invaded it. As for its history... I can say it was blank.
"Afghanistan... in ancient Persian, it means 'man on the mountain'!" Persour said slowly as if he was telling a story: "It means that we are people living on the mountain, and our country is also on the mountain.
Country... But Afghanistan is not just on the mountain! Dear guests... I think you have also seen that our country has poor ridges everywhere, either yellow sand or stone, and there is very few land that can grow crops!"
I nodded: "The geographical environment of Afghanistan is indeed very harsh!"
"If the environment is just bad..." Pessel shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That's nothing. Some places and countries... often because the environment is harsh and have no wealth, other countries are not interested in it. Instead, they escape the war
The catastrophe!”
I couldn't help but nodded when I heard this. What Persor said really makes sense. For example, Japan is a country with poor resources. It is precisely because it does not have much resources that all the powerful countries in ancient times were not interested in him, which made it
It has almost not been affected by foreign culture. In contrast, Africa is now divided because of its rich resources and is trying to get involved, so it has become more and more chaotic.
So from this point of view, poverty of resources is a good thing. Isn’t there another word in modern times called “energy curse”? It means that the richer the resources, the more difficult it is to develop, and the poorer the resources, the only way to sell it
Labor, industry, service industry, tourism industry... in this way, we can develop!
At this time, I felt a little puzzled... Then Afghanistan is a country with poor resources. What's going on with her?
Persour seemed to see through what I was thinking, and then said: "The problem is... Afghanistan happens to be located in the central part of Asia, the intersection of West Asia, South Asia and Central Asia, from ancient times to the present... No matter which country is strong
To expand your territory, you need to go through Afghanistan... Alexander in Macedonia, the White Huns nomadic peoples, Turkic tribes, Genghis Khan's troops, etc. For thousands of years, the great powers and civilized societies of various countries have left their footprints here: Bacte
Riya, the Achaemenid dynasty, the Greek kingdom, etc., etc..”
Only then did Persul's eyes turn from calm to heavy, he continued: "But because Afghanistan's resources are extremely poor and there is no wealth they need, the footprints of these civilizations in Afghanistan are just 'just walk', come on
Then go... I don't want to stop here at all, of course I won't develop here, and I won't guard here, so the Afghan people are facing wars again and again, and everyone just wants to pass here, just like
The Soviet Union now…”
I admit that I was shocked by Persour's words... I never thought that an old man in Afghanistan would have such rich knowledge and unique insights... His views seemed to be all about appearing in the war.
Instead, we look at the war Afghanistan is facing now from a historical perspective.
And his analysis was obviously correct. Was the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan for the land of Afghanistan? Of course not... The Soviet Union just wanted to open up its passage to the Arabian Sea, just like what Persul said about "passing by".
"So..." Pessel finally asked, "Do you understand why I don't want to use the power of other countries?"
I nodded slowly: "I think...you think...you think...no matter which country's power is used to fight back the invaders, Afghanistan will eventually be destroyed or enslaved by another country, so you hope to rely on the Afghans' own power
Drive away the invaders until they all…”
Pessel nodded: "You expressed my hope... Today you are here, I regard you as a guest... Respect you and share my food with you. Tomorrow, I may regard you as enemies,
Whether it is the Soviets, Americans, or you…”
I couldn't help but be respectful to Persul... I originally thought he was just an old stubborn as Hassan said, but I didn't expect his idea to be so unique and insightful... At the same time, this shows that
The indomitable character and strong self-esteem of Afghans.
"What you said makes sense..." After thinking about it, I said to Persul: "But don't you think you should treat it differently? Just like you said... Because Afghanistan connects West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and Asia, is Asia
The heart of the country, so no matter which country is strong, it will sooner or later enter Afghanistan if it wants to expand its territory. But what if a country is not strong? It even hopes to resist the invasion of powerful countries? It even resists the same enemies as Afghanistan...
…”
"You're talking about..."
"China!" I said: "I think Ragil has analyzed the situation with you. China is also the enemy of the Soviet Union. We Chinese have an old saying, "The enemy of the enemy is a friend." That's why we will help you!
We have a common enemy... the Soviet Union, so we regard you as friends! More importantly... China is not strong either, so there is no possibility of invading or controlling Afghanistan in the near future!"
Pessel was silent for a while and said, "Dear guest... You should know that human desires are endless, and the same is true for the country. It seems that it will not invade Afghanistan now, but it will be strong in the future..."
"Chief Persul!" I said: "I may not understand the history of Afghanistan, but you do not understand the history of China... China has never invaded any country since ancient times. The wars that took place in China... are all for unity.
Or resist foreign invasions. If a country violates repeatedly, you have every reason to suspect that she will commit it again, but what if she has never done this? She has always just wanted to protect her homeland? You also doubt that she will
Invasion of Afghanistan?”
When Persour heard this, he couldn't help but feel silent.
I continued, "What's more, we didn't want to control the Afghan army from beginning to end, even Hassan's army is the same, and the command is entirely in Hassan's hands... We just provide advice for them,
Provide equipment and necessary training, if you want... we can do this for your troops, and there will be no requirements... We want, just you can defeat the Soviet Union, the better you fight, drag
The longer it takes, the less threats China will be! This is the reward for us!”