On the east bank of the lower reaches of the Volga River, near Volgaski, was the camp of the Western Qin Army.
"Yuhuan, how about taking the medicine for a few days and feeling better?"
Zhao Ziliang came to the camp where Yang Yuhuan was resting and asked.
Seeing Zhao Ziliang coming, Yang Yuhuan struggled to sit up.
Zhao Ziliang hurriedly asked her to lie down.
Yang Yuhuan lay down again, took a sip of the warm water handed over by the female Taoist girl next to her, and said to Zhao Ziliang with a smile: "It's much better.
There is nothing like before today."
I've been coughing so much these days, it seems My body and bones are still too weak.
I can't stand the cold weather, and I can't stay in the north.
Sister Nie is different.
She has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and her body and bones are much better than those of the Nu family.
She can follow you anywhere, and I can only stay in a warm place."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "The north is a bitter cold land.
Except for wild beasts and possible minerals, there is nothing valuable.
The barbarians in the north are not worthy of me personally leading troops to fight, so I let Huo Kan lead the army.
The Fifth Army has gone to fight the Bulgars.
From now on, our main attack direction is in the south, which is a warm place.
You should be able to adapt after you take good care of yourself."
Yang Yuhuan smiled and said, "That would be great."
At this time, the voice of the guard came from outside the tent: "Your Majesty, Mr.
Zheng San has something important to report to you.
He is already waiting in the big tent."
"Okay, I'll be there right away."
After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he said to Yang Yuhuan: "Remember to take medicine on time, eat on time, don't stay up late reading, and get more rest."
"Well, you go ahead" Zhao Ziliang came to the Chinese army's tent.
Zheng San was drinking tea poured for him by Wang Zhiyun.
When he saw Zhao Ziliang coming back, he immediately stood up and saluted: "I have met the king."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "If there are no outsiders, there is no need to be so formal and polite.
Sit down and talk."
"yes" After Zheng San sat down, he said: "Your Majesty, there is something I have to report to you.
Our arrows are used up very quickly.
The existing arrows are no longer enough for us to finish the war against the Khazar Khanate.
At most, We can only support us in two battles.
Unless the Khazars engage in a large-scale decisive battle with us, the arrows will definitely not be enough."
Zhao Ziliang frowned after hearing the report and asked: "Is there no other way?
Use the flying eagle to send a message to Hengluosi and ask the Ordnance Department to escort an arrow over quickly."
Zheng San smiled bitterly and said: "Do you think it's too late?
Maybe the war will start tomorrow.
You have commanded an army of seven to eight million people.
Don't you know our current transportation capabilities?
During this period, we are fighting the Pechenegs in the north."
The three departments captured many craftsmen, and they should have all been assigned to Ji King Mark Khan and the craftsmen of Zou Benbu were all captured by me.
There are about one hundred and twenty people in total.
Although these are not very good at other jobs, they are still good at making arrows, but even if these people work day and night I’m afraid there won’t be enough arrows for us to use.”
At this time, Wang Can came in from the outside and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, we have just received news from our agents in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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The Eastern Roman Empire has supported the Khazar Khanate with a batch of ordnance.
This batch of ordnance includes 6,000 pieces."
Big swords, 10,000 spears, 6,000 sets of armor, 3,000 sets of vests, 300,000 arrows, and 300,000 kilograms of grain.
According to time estimates, this batch of ordnance supplies has been delivered to the vicinity of Atil in batches."
Atil is the summer resort of the Khazar Khan, not far from the lower reaches of the Volga River.
It serves as a logistics transfer station for Khabier's army.
Zhao Ziliang and the generals in the army have known this information for a long time.
Zhao Ziliang's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing the information Wang Can said.
Zheng San saw this scene and immediately understood what he wanted to do.
He quickly said: "Your Majesty, you don't want to take advantage of this batch of ordnance materials, do you?"
This is absolutely impossible, you are no longer alone, you are the master of Western Qin, with seven to eight million people relying on you to feed and clothe you."
Zhao Ziliang asked back: "Do you think there is a better way than this?
This is a critical moment.
We must not retreat because of problems with supply.
This will not only make everything we have done before undoing, but also make us lose ground in the future."
The prestige among the surrounding barbarians will be greatly reduced.
By then, not only the Pechenegs, Oghuz, Kipchaks, Kimaks, and Khwarizmians, but also the remaining Sogdian resisters in the Western Qin will We have no shortage of troops to resist us.
There is no shortage of food, swords, guns, armor, and horses.
We only lack arrows.
And these arrows alone are the key factor that makes our combat power higher than other enemies.
So I must get these arrows during this time when we fight Peche.
The Negg soldiers are also very tired.
Since there is a shortage of arrows, we will simply not fight with the Khazars for the time being.
On the one hand, we can let the soldiers have a good rest.
On the other hand, we can use political means to delay for some time.
At the same time, They are also tampering within them.”
Zheng San was quite worried: "Is this possible?"
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "As long as it is carried out properly, there is no way for anyone to come.
Let Gao Shang, Dugujun, Du Fu, Wei Meng, Bai Xiaode, Bo Lehan, Ma Lin, Zhao Lei and others come to see me."
"promise" Soon, several people who had been notified rushed over.
After everyone sat down, Zhao Ziliang said: "Everyone, according to my estimation, there must be a deep relationship between the Khan King Habir of the Khazar Khanate and his general Bulan.
This time Bu Lan was defeated by Bai Xiaode's army and suffered heavy losses.
Habier will definitely use this as an excuse to cause trouble for him.
According to reliable information, this Bulan is a force supported by the Eastern Roman Empire within the Khazar Khanate.
The Eastern Roman Empire will never watch Bulan be abolished.
They will find a way to exonerate him.
This Bulan is a Khazar Khanate.
It is a very unstable chess piece within the Khanate.
Since this chess piece can be used by the Eastern Roman Empire, why can't it be used by me?"
Gao Shang asked: "The king means to buy this Bu Lan, but we have no detailed arrangements within the Khazar people, and we are not familiar with it there.
How can we send people to contact this Bu Lan?"
Dugujun said at this time: "I think that if the king wants to implement this counterintuitive strategy, this problem is not a problem.
We can send envoys to negotiate with Habier in an upright manner.
I understand that he does not dare to attack our envoys."
Unfortunately, we can arrange personnel in the mission to contact Bulan secretly, under the guise of negotiation, and then use the cover of the mission to bribe or instigate Bulan."
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Zhao Ziliang clapped his hands and laughed: "Mr.
Dugu and I have the same ideas.
I wonder which gentleman is willing to take on this important task?"
Dugujun stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have volunteered myself to be responsible for contacting Bu Lan and bribe or instigate him to rebel.
However, this is not enough for the important task of an envoy.
I am not qualified for the job.
Your Majesty needs to appoint another candidate."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "If you are responsible for contacting Bu Lan, bribery or instigating rebellion, it is indeed inconvenient to serve as envoy Mr.
Gao.
You can arrange the candidate for this envoy."
Gao Shang agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Dugujun asked again: "Your Majesty, if Xiaguan successfully contacts Bu Lan, and he is inclined to our thoughts and intentions, then what can Xiaguan promise him, and what does he need to do?"
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and then said: "Let him rebel at the critical moment.
If we have a decisive battle with the Khazars, let him lead his troops and make a sudden counterattack.
You can promise it to him.
When Habil is defeated, I agree."
And support him as the new Taqqan of Khazaria."
Dugujun hesitated and said: "Isn't this king's original intention to destroy the Khazar Khanate and cut off an arm of the Eastern Roman Empire?
Why is Bulan allowed to be the new Khazar Khan?"
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "When fishing, of course you have to have a big enough bait.
As for whether he can swallow it or choke to death after swallowing it, I can't blame him."
Everyone laughed: "Hahaha" After laughing, Zhao Ziliang continued: "The reason why my king is now using political means to deal with the Khazar Khanate is that on the one hand, I consider that the soldiers are tired from fighting in recent days, and this allows them to rest for a while; on the other hand, I For the king’s personal reasons, I have recently felt that the bottleneck in martial arts seems to have loosened a bit, so I need to retreat to break through the bottleneck.
I cannot be disturbed during the retreat, so I will not be able to take charge of the affairs in the past four or five days.”
The military generals heard that Zhao Ziliang's martial arts bottleneck had been loosened and that he had great hope for a breakthrough, so they were very happy for him and stood up to express their congratulations.
The civil servants were a little worried.
If Zhao Ziliang wanted to retreat, there would be no one to take charge of the overall situation in the next few days.
What if something happened?
Gao Shang asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know how many days it will take for you to retreat."
"Five days, no more than ten days at most" The civil servants breathed a sigh of relief, and Gao Shang added: "If it is only ten days at most, the lower officials and others can still find ways to deal with King Kimak Khan, the leader of the Jisha tribe and the generals below, but if the time is too long, it will definitely cause trouble."
Their suspicions are that before the king retreats, he must appoint a trustworthy general to command the army.
If something big happens, this person can mobilize all the troops to deal with it."
"It makes sense."
The generals and officials couldn't help but nodded after hearing Gao Shang's words, and whispered in agreement.
Zhao Ziliang turned to look at the generals in the tent.
There were only four generals who were qualified to take charge of the overall situation, Wei Meng, Bai Xiaode, Ma Lin and Bo Lehan.
In terms of seniority, Wei Meng has the oldest qualifications.
He was one of the first to start his career with Zhao Ziliang, but he did not make a name for himself as a major, and he did not stay with Zhao Ziliang long enough.
Bai Xiaode and Ma Lin both came from majors, and they also They are all students brought out by Zhao Ziliang.
In terms of close relationship, Bai Xiaode is undoubtedly better than Ma Lin.
He served as Zhao Ziliang's personal bodyguard.
Ma Lin was indeed admired by Zhao Ziliang, but he only stayed with Zhao Ziliang for three years.
Like Bai Xiaode, Bo Lehan was also Zhao Ziliang's personal bodyguard.
Born, he spent more time with Zhao Ziliang than Bai Bai Filial piety will last longer, and he has always been by Zhao Ziliang's side during the most difficult period.
This feeling cannot be replaced by anyone.
The most important thing is that Zhao Ziliang taught him a lot of military knowledge, and he learned a lot.
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More than anyone else, especially in cavalry warfare On the other hand, as a former member of the nomadic people, Borehan has talents in cavalry tactics that are difficult for others to match.
Borehan also has an advantage that the other three do not have.
He once acted as an agent for local government affairs and was responsible for managers and employees.
They are all experienced and know how to control subordinates and balance power.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ziliang ordered: "During the period of my king's seclusion, Bo Lehan, the commander of the Dragon Guard Army, has full authority to handle affairs.
With the assistance of all of you, Duan Xiushi, the deputy commander of the guard army, I order you to return with two thousand fine cavalry.
Du Fu returned to Atyrau on the north coast of the Caspian Sea to establish a logistics material transfer station, and sent an 800-mile horse to convey orders to the Logistics Ordnance Department, urging them to quickly transport the second batch of ordnance materials.
All things must make way for this matter."
Everyone said in unison: "No":