Zhao Ziliang put all the weapons, armor, crossbows, arrows and food in the camp into the thumb space, turned around and walked out of the camp, shouting to Nuer: "Is Duan Xiushi back?"
Nuer said: "Not yet" "Send someone to hurry up and come back quickly if the work is done."
"yes" At noon, Duan Xiushi returned with his troops and horses and handed over the order to Zhao Ziliang: "Report to the king, Atil has been destroyed by us, and the last general is here to pay the order."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Why have you been gone for so long?"
Duan Xiushi said: "The general was worried that there were still fish that had slipped through the net, so after the fire was extinguished, he asked the brothers to search again.
Only when no survivors were found did he lead his troops back."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "It's good, but this is a very important stop for caravans on the Silk Road.
Caravans come and go frequently.
We can't stay here for a long time.
I'll give you an hour to eat, drink and have sex.
We will return to the camp after an hour." " "Yes, Your Majesty" Zhao Ziliang waved to Xuan Shiba again, and Xuan Shiba came over and cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty" "Send an eagle message to the camp, saying that the matter has been completed, and ask them to notify the mission and find an opportunity to evacuate."
"promise" After another hour, Zhao Ziliang called Duan Xiushi, Xuan Shiba, Nuer and others together, took out a map and spread it on the grass.
He said: "The road we took when we came here must not be repeated when we return.
Take the original route, otherwise we will be tracked by the Khazars' patrol sentries, and we must choose another route."
Xuan Shiba clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, if we take another way back to the camp, we have to walk a long way to have a greater chance of being discovered."
What Xuan Shiba said is not unreasonable.
This puts Zhao Ziliang in a dilemma.
It is easier to come than to go.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ziliang finally made a decision and said to Duan Xiushi: "I have thought about it.
We destroyed Atil.
It seems impossible to return to the camp without being discovered.
This place is so far away from Khabier's Khazar camp."
The military camp is only more than two hundred miles away, and it is only about three hundred miles away from our main camp.
If we take a straight line, we can return in only one day, but it is certain that we will be discovered.
If we take a detour, it may take more time. discovered The risk seems not small.
It doesn't matter if we are discovered at that time.
Our troops simply don't return to the camp directly and hide near the camp of the Khazar army.
Habir may soon find out that Atil has been destroyed.
He probably doesn’t know that we did it for the time being, and he doesn’t think we can break through the blockade of their ranger sentries and get here.
You take your soldiers and hide near the Khazar army camp, waiting for news from our army camp. and instructions” Duan Xiushi said: "If the general takes his soldiers and hides near the Khazar army camp, where is the king?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "I am returning to the camp with a few personal guards.
With a small number of people, it is easy to avoid the Khazar ranger sentries and warning posts.
Even if we encounter them, it is too easy for me to kill a few ranger sentries.
However, you don’t have to worry about us using the flying eagle to communicate.
Once our army has a decisive battle with the Khazar army, I will use the flying eagle to inform you."
"Now that the king has made a decision, the general will obey."
Zhao Ziliang immediately left a month's worth of food for Duan Xiushi.
The Khazars' territory could be plundered everywhere, and there was no shortage of food and drink.
He left a month's worth of food just in case.
After being separated from Duan Xiushi and the nearly 1,800 cavalrymen under his command, Zhao Ziliang directly took Nuer, Xuan Shiba, Huya Army soldiers and two personal guards on horseback to return to the camp.
On the way, he encountered many Khazars.
Human rangers tried to detect the sentries, but they were avoided by them.
If they couldn't avoid them, they killed them and hid the bodies.
Duan Xiushi also left quickly with his troops after Zhao Ziliang left.
He must leave the scene as soon as possible, and at the same time clean up the traces left by the evacuation to avoid being tracked by the Khazar Rangers. whereabouts.
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Late at night the next day, Zhao Ziliang returned to the camp and immediately summoned Gao Shang, Du Fu, Zheng San, Bo Lehan, Wei Meng, Bai Xiaode, Ma Lin and other officials and generals.
Everyone thought that Zhao Ziliang had broken through the previous level of martial arts and successfully emerged from the martial arts, so they all congratulated Zhao Ziliang with cupped hands and salutes.
Zhao Ziliang smiled and waved his hand, asked everyone to sit down, and then asked: "Zheng San, have you sent anyone to send news to Dugujun and the others?"
Zheng San replied: "Your Majesty, we have sent people.
Now they should have received the news.
If everything goes well, they can return tomorrow."
"Good Brother Bohan, the soldiers have rested for the day.
Have you recovered your energy and spirit?"
Brahan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers have had a good rest.
They are all eager to fight and their morale is high."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, if the Khazar Khanate accepts our conditions, it will be fine.
If not, our army will prepare to cross the river to attack when Dugujun and others return."
If the Western Qin army wants to cross the river to attack, the Khazar Khanate has no choice.
The banks of the Volga River are too long, and there are many enemies in the territory of the Khazar Khanate.
No matter how hard they prepare, they can't stop the Western Qin from crossing the river.
This is also haha Bill only sent a large number of rangers to patrol and guard the river bank.
On the morning of May 18th, Xuan Shiba came to the door of the Chinese army's tent and reported to Zhao Ziliang who was practicing swordsmanship outside: "Your Majesty, there is news from Duan Xiushi.
They were discovered by a group of herdsmen the day after they left Atil.
As a last resort, they had no choice but to destroy the camp of this group of herdsmen, and then they had to march westward, giving the Khazars the illusion that they had gone west.
In fact, they had sneaked up to two miles northwest of the Khazar army's camp.
In a forest beside the Don River a hundred miles away" There is a section of the Volga River and the Don River that are not far apart.
Later, Russia dug a canal between these two points to connect the Volga River and the Don River.
Zhao Ziliang walked to the map and found the approximate location of Duan Xiushi's headquarters.
This distance should not be easily discovered by the Khazar army's scouts.
After all, it was their own territory, and the direction would not attract the attention of the Khazars.
Khazar army camp.
The Khazar minister angrily returned to the Khan tent and reported to Habir: "Tacihan, the envoys of the Western Qin Dynasty have not backed down at all, and have been insisting on all the conditions they proposed.
It has been almost ten days, and they have never let go.
This The villain really can't continue the negotiation.
I don't think they have the sincerity to negotiate at all."
The wrinkles on Habier's forehead deepened and his brows raised high as he asked, "What will happen if we agree to all their conditions?"
Minister Khazar smiled bitterly and said: "If we agree to their conditions, we will tighten our belts for at least twenty years and say nothing else.
They need us to compensate for losses and military expenses.
We don't have that much gold at all, and it is inevitable that we will surrender to the Western Qin."
It will cause strong dissatisfaction from the Eastern Roman Empire.
In the end, we will lose the support of the Eastern Roman Empire, and it may even lead to an attack from the Eastern Roman Empire."
Habier asked with a straight face: "So we can only fight with Xi Qin once."
"If they insist on not giving in, I'm afraid we will have to fight to the death with Xi Qin."
Habir was silent in the big tent for half an hour before saying to the Khazar minister: "In this case, let's fight.
Go and tell the Western Qin envoy that we will never agree to their harsh conditions, or they will give in and reduce the price."
According to the requirements of the terms, we will have no choice but to send the guests off.”
"Yes, little man, go right away" Soon, the Khazar minister led Hong Yi into the big tent.
Hong Yi saluted Habir and said: "I am very sorry, Tatsahan, that we could not reach an agreement.
Today I have to bear the pain to say goodbye to Tatsahan."
Personally, I have no hostility towards the Taqhan and the Khazar Khanate. , during the few days here, our mission was warmly entertained by Tachan, which reflects your broad mind and the hospitality of the Khazar people.
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Although our two sides will eventually meet in war, this time It won’t affect my friendship with Tachan at all.”
Seeing what Hong Yi said, Habier immediately smiled and said politely: "It's an honor to gain Master Hong's friendship.
I hope you have the opportunity to visit the Khazar Khanate again.
I won't send you off."
"Farewell" When the mission returned, the Western Qin Army had already built a wooden bridge on the Volga River.
This wooden bridge could accommodate five horses passing side by side at the same time.
It was considered a relatively wide and strong bridge.
Although it took the Western Qin Army A few days, but in Zhao Ziliang's opinion, this was necessary.
After the war with the Khazars was over, this wooden bridge could be used for at least ten years.
It would serve as an important transportation artery on the Northern Silk Road.
On May 22nd, Zhao Ziliang led a total of 45,000 people from the Western Qin Army, Kimak Army, and Jixi Tribe to approach the Khazar Army camp through the bridge.
Habier was not timid.
When he learned that the Western Qin army had crossed the river, he immediately sent a captain of ten thousand men to lead five thousand cavalry to fight.
At this time, the Western Qin army had just crossed the river.
Zhao Ziliang immediately asked Kimak Khan to lead five thousand cavalry.
Attack.
The two sides encountered each other on Mangrove Slope, and a fierce battle ensued.
From noon to dark, the Kimak army suffered some losses, losing 2,000 men and was forced to retreat.
Although the Khazar army had a slight advantage, it also lost 1,000 men.
There were more than 400 people, and it was already dark at that time, so they could not pursue them, so they had to retreat back to the camp.
After this battle, both sides quickly evacuated the place and found another place to camp, so as to avoid the other party's reconnaissance sentries and prevent the other party from discovering their specific location.
At the same time, the two sides' reconnaissance posts were also engaged in fierce battles on the grassland.
In a confrontation, they want to destroy each other and then find their camps and explore their military information.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the embarrassed King of Kimak Khan, Wichil, and frowned and asked: "Vicil, why do you look like this?
Have you been defeated?"
Vichir said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, Xiaohan suffered a small loss and lost two thousand warriors, but the Khazar people also had a hard time.
They also lost more than fifteen hundred people."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "The Kimak army is considered brave, but why was it so invincible to the Khazar army this time?"
"Your Majesty, the main reason is that our position was not very good at the beginning of the encounter.
We were at a low place, and the Khazars were at a high place.
We suffered a loss first.
The two armies were too close to each other at that time.
We wanted to regain our strength.
It was too late to find a place to set up the battle, so we had to bite the bullet, which is why we ended up in this situation."
As one of the largest countries in the north, the Kimak Khanate has a very impressive cavalry force.
They cannot defeat the Western Qin Army, but they are not afraid of other armies at all.
Regarding this point, Zhao Ziliang was relatively clear.
He said: "So you are tired after fighting for a day, so go down and rest first."
"Yes, Your Majesty":