After entering the settlement of the Pecheneg people's Zou headquarters, many herdsmen and farmers came out of their tents to watch.
Two teams of armored cavalry lined up in a guard of honor, leaving a road in the middle leading to the location of the Khan tent.
The army began to stop in the camp of Zou headquarters.
Zhao Ziliang and other Khan leaders rode forward through the passage between the armored cavalry.
Zhao Ziliang rode his horse while looking at the armored cavalry on both sides.
Everyone quickly stopped outside the sweat tent, dismounted and walked into the sweat tent.
Zhao Ziliang was invited to the main seat by Badasi, the leader of Zou headquarters, and the others sat on both sides.
As the wine and meat were brought in, several young girls from the Zou headquarters opened their bellies and danced to the accompaniment of ancient musical instruments.
The jewelry and utensils on these girls' bodies made crisp collision sounds from time to time during their dance, which made these girls The singing and dancing have a unique flavor to watch and listen to.
From time to time, the dancing girls flirted with Zhao Ziliang and the other khan chiefs who were sitting on the table, and tried their best to tease them, hoping to be favored by Zhao Ziliang and other khan chiefs, so as to climb to the top. and the goal of rapid success.
Badasi saw that Zhao Ziliang was particularly interested in these dancing girls, so he smiled and asked: "Your Majesty, these are the most beautiful girls in our Zou headquarters.
If your Majesty is interested, Xiaohan can arrange for them to serve your Majesty tonight." sleep" Of course Zhao Ziliang likes beauty, but he has a strong control.
Zhao Ziliang's conscience immediately became wary of the strange woman in this strange environment, and she was also a foreigner.
He remembered the death of Attila, the Hun King in history.
At that time, King Attila of the Hun led his people to sweep across the Western world, winning tribute from the Eastern and Western Roman Empires every year.
Although he was defeated in the final battle, his vitality was not damaged.
There were rumors that he was poisoned by his newly married foreign wife.
Dead, this statement occupies the majority.
Zhao Ziliang didn't want to make the same mistake as Attila.
Even if he wanted to sleep with a woman, it would be safe and secure.
This time he went on an expedition.
Wang Zhiyun, Yang Yuhuan and Nie Sanniang were accompanying the army, as well as some maids, so he had no shortage of women.
Listening to Badasi's question, Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "The girls of Zou Ben tribe are indeed beautiful.
I also like to thank Chief Badasi and the people of Zou Ben tribe for their kindness.
It's just that I am a little tired from marching for days. , want to have a good rest, these beauties The beautiful girl should stay and be rewarded to the warriors who fight bravely.
If the warriors can get such a beautiful woman as their wife, they will definitely fight more bravely without fear of death.
Chief Badas, not only you, I also need it.
More warriors, what do you think?"
Although Zhao Ziliang refused, he said it well.
Not only was Badasi not secretly angry, he was also very happy.
He quickly smiled and said: "What the king said is true.
I will reward them to the brave warriors in accordance with what the king said."
After the girls finished dancing, they retreated.
The leaders and the Khan drank and chatted, talking about how to march and fight.
Zhao Ziliang said at this time: "Chief Badas, just now I saw two rows of armored cavalry outside the tent.
I don't know.
How many people and horses are there?”
Badasi listened to Zhao Ziliang's question and said with great pride: "Your Majesty, these are Xiao Khan's personal bodyguard cavalry.
There are a thousand cavalry in total.
Everyone can weigh one for ten.
They are Xiao Khan's housekeeping capital and he fought with the Khazars three years ago.
In the battle, Xiao Khan defeated the Khazar 5,000 fine cavalry with these one thousand cavalry."
Zhao Ziliang said curiously: "There is such a record."
"Of course" Badas said without hesitation.
Zhao Ziliang said again: "Listening to what you said, I really want to see how their combat power is, but what you are talking about was three years ago.
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I guess they have not experienced any more wars in the past three years.
So what do you think?
Are you sure that their current combat strength is still the same as it was three years ago?
Chief Batas, you have to know that the military's Their role is not to decorate their appearance, their role is to fight.
If they don't fight, they will gradually lose their combat effectiveness.
It is really a waste of your thousand cavalry to stay in the Khan tent as guards.
I think that this attack on the Khazars , we must take them with us, otherwise they will only become a decoration forever in the future."
The smile on Badasi's face froze, and he hesitated awkwardly for a while, and finally agreed: "Okay, since the king likes them, Xiao Khan will lead them to attack the Khazars this time."
Zhao Ziliang then looked at Kuo'er Kuotai, the leader of the Ji Ci tribe, and Qu Zisi, the leader of the Chuo Ben tribe, and asked: "I heard that the two leaders also have one such armored cavalry under their command.
Can you also bring them along with Badasi?"
The leader’s armored cavalry forms a Pecheneg armored army.”
The words have been made so clear.
Kuo'er Kuotai and Qu Zisi still don't understand that Zhao Ziliang wants them to bring out all the elites.
They can't just work and do nothing.
The two of them sighed inwardly, knowing that they wanted to hide.
He couldn't escape, and he scolded all eight generations of Patasi's ancestors in his heart for showing off.
Now it's better.
Not only did he put his own money into it, but he also hurt them both.
Kuo'er Kuotai and Qu Zisi stood up and agreed: "We also had this intention, but we didn't expect that the king would bring it up first.
The king is indeed wise."
Zhao Ziliang laughed: "Hahaha" After drinking and eating, everyone dispersed.
Zhao Ziliang also returned to his own tent in the Western Qin Army camp.
He had just summoned the generals to deploy defense and patrol tasks.
After the generals left, Nie Sanniang walked in and asked Said: "I heard that Chief Badasi wants to give you some beauties.
Why don't you want them?"
Zhao Ziliang looked embarrassed, took her hand and said: "How can those barbarian girls have the beauty and charm of Madam?
I always think Madam is better, so I suggested that Badas reward them for their bravery in battle." warriors" "Hmph, I'm afraid you've said this to other sisters countless times," Nie Sanniang pushed him away and walked to the side to sit down and said angrily.
Zhao Ziliang's face froze and he said awkwardly: "No way."
At this time, Zhao Lei walked in from the outside and saw that Nie Sanniang was also there.
He quickly saluted and said, "My aunt is here too.
I'm going to pay tribute to my father and my aunt."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said, "I'll spare you any trouble."
Nie Sanniang couldn't stay in the big tent anymore, so she stood up and said, "You two, father and son, let's talk about it.
I'll leave first."
Zhao Ziliang said to her back: "Get the food and wine ready.
I will go to your tent tonight."
Nie Sanniang left in a hurry after hearing this.
Zhao Ziliang sat behind the desk and asked, "What's the matter?
Tell me."
Zhao Lei asked: "Father, I know that building a warship cannot be completed in a short time.
Even if the warship is completed, most of the soldiers are not familiar with water and do not need three to five months of training to cross the sea.
It is impossible to complete the sea-crossing landing operation until the Second Route Army can When we were fighting across the sea, our First Route Army might have destroyed the Khazar Khanate long ago.
My father is a wise master, so it is impossible not to think of this.
In this case, why did my father make such arrangements?
I really can’t figure it out.
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I have been thinking hard these days but can’t come up with a clue, so I would like to ask my father to clarify my doubts.”
Zhao Ziliang nodded happily after hearing these words: "The fact that you can think of these questions shows that you are still using your brain.
Your question involves the next strategic purpose and deployment of our army.
Logically speaking, you cannot say it casually, but you Since you’ve asked, and it’s my son, as a father, I’ll just tell you what you know, and think about it in your head, and don’t tell anyone else.”
"Thank you father, my child obeys your orders" Zhao Ziliang picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said: "In fact, you don't need a hundred thousand troops to attack a small Khazar Khanate.
This is one of the reasons why my father divided his troops.
The purpose of gathering the troops of the surrounding khanates and tribes is to Build momentum and publicize Promote the prestige and authority of the Western Qin Royal Court of our Datang Empire, and let the common people and subjects of all ethnic groups within a radius of thousands of miles know that our Western Qin Royal Court of the Datang Empire has the final say here, and we are the masters here.
We have been violated. will be destroyed The greatest disaster is that there are many advantages to having more soldiers and horses, but there are also many disadvantages.
If all of them are our Western Qin army, the more the better for my father to command.
However, half of the 100,000 troops are foreign troops.
Although they promised to obey the orders, for My father also believed that they should not disobey military orders, but military orders need people to execute them.
No matter how correct the command is, it will be in vain if it is not executed properly or is not in place.
If the fighter plane is delayed, the consequences will be disastrous.
My father brought the Ogus Army, the Huarizi Army, and the Qin The Cha army stayed in the Second Route Army and let Zhao Hu keep an eye on them.
This was the second reason and the third reason.
Zhao Hu was left to lead the First, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Army, the Ogus Army, the Khwarizim Army and the Qin Army.
The purpose of patrolling the army is to guard against cannibals, who have always been against We, the land of Western Qin, are eyeing us, and leaving the Second Route Army on the east coast of the Caspian Sea is also for deterrence.
If the Great Eaters do not agree to provide us with shipwrights or want to use force against us, the Second Route Army can turn their spearhead and go south to attack the Great Eaters.
Fourth in the country , our Western Qin territories are all inland and have no outlet to the sea.
This has a great restriction on the development of our Western Qin.
If we, Western Qin, want to develop more powerfully, we must have an outlet to the sea.
In the future, we will definitely go south to seize it.
The coastal area to the east of the Great Food Country may attack southern Tianzhu.
It is not enough to have an outlet to the sea.
We must also have sailing talents and shipwrights to build sea ships.
We can also take this opportunity to train a fleet to serve To prepare for the future when there is an outlet to the sea, this is The fifth reason for the division of troops is to prepare for a rainy day.
It is to contain the strength of some Khazars so that they cannot fight our First Route Army wholeheartedly.
Sixth, the Oghuz and the Khwarizim are our vassals and vassals. for us They were extremely fearful and did not dare to mess around, but the Pechenegs and Kimaks were different.
They might rebel at any time, and the Kipchaks and the Kimaks were closely related, so my father put the Kipchaks under took the Second Route Army and brought them with Kimak Separate the army to prevent them from colluding to harm our army.
The Oghuz and Khwarizm people have become our vassals in recent years.
It is quite honest, and their population and strength are not strong, so they do not pose a threat to us, but Kimak Khanate The Pechenegs and the Kimaks all have large armies, and they are all cavalry.
They are a much greater threat to us.
My father put the Kimaks and Pechenegs in the first route army just to consume their strength.
As for the Kipchaks, they are a hungry wolf from the north. , they are extremely brave.
Although there are not many in number, they are all good at fighting and extremely aggressive.
My father's intention is to subdue this hungry wolf and let it bite people.
If it is not honest, then make it honest.
Fear, even fear, is actually a father We are not in a hurry to deal with the Khazars.
Even if this war lasts for a year, there will be no problem.
Although the Government Affairs Council has only allocated military expenditures for three or four months, when we go abroad, we cannot only rely on rear supplies.
We must find ways to support the war with war. , if you feel dissatisfied with this trip, just After wiping out all the way, there are still three Pecheneg tribes who are unwilling to surrender and send troops, which is disrespectful to our Western Qin.
As long as they are defeated, who among the other khanates and tribes will dare to disobey, so attacking the Khazar Khanate is a lie. , the real thing is to destroy the disobedient tribes and khanates.
This is the reason why my father asked the fifth army to attack the Kimak Khanate first.
My father has wanted to attack it for a long time, but he just has no excuse.
This time, he just took advantage of this opportunity.
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Deal with all the disobedient tribes and khanates in the north."
Zhao Lei was shocked in his heart.
He had to consider so many issues when fighting a battle.
How complicated his thinking was: