After kneeling down and saluting, Zhao Ziliang handed the edict to Dugujun, turned to Wang Jin and asked, "Have you ever met your brother Wang Wei when your lord Wang arrived in Western Qin?"
Wang Jin shook his head and said: "No, I heard that I was going to serve as an official in the Tocharo Governor's Mansion.
If I wanted to meet my brother, I would have to take a long detour and waste a lot of time, so I didn't go."
Zhao Ziliang sighed and said to the two of them: "Since Mr.
Wang and General Zang have come to the Khazar Khanate and the Khazar Sea Coast, they should stay here for a few more days to see the grassland scenery here.
The Khazar army will arrive tomorrow.
Here, the battle between our army and the Khazar army The decisive battle is within these two days.
If you are not afraid, you can stay and take a look at the battle scene.
This can be regarded as a nationwide battle between our Western Qin and the Khazar Khanate.
The total number of troops dispatched by both sides reaches ten.
Ten thousand, this kind of troop strength is not common in the Western Regions."
Zang Xiyan was quite interested and said: "I am very interested, but I don't know what Mr.
Wang is like."
Wang Jin smiled and said: "It is a blessing to see the king lead the troops in battle with my own eyes.
Since General Zang is interested, how can I not risk my life to accompany the general?"
The three of them laughed: "Hahaha" The new emperor Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty.
This year, 762 AD, was the first year of Baoying.
This was the order of Emperor Zhao Ziliang of the Tang Dynasty.
The Western Qin Kingdom followed the era name and calendar of the Li Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains.
The eighth day of June, night Zhao Ziliang held a grand welcome ceremony in the camp to welcome Wang Jin and Zang Xiyan.
At the welcome banquet, various programs came one after another, including playing and singing, singing and dancing, wrestling, sword competition, horse racing, archery, tug-of-war, polo, and jutsu.
The kicks came up one after another, causing Wang Jin and Zang Xiyan to cheer loudly, and the tens of thousands of soldiers watching burst into warm applause.
A tug-of-war was going on on the field.
More than a hundred people on both sides were pulling on the thick hemp rope with all their strength.
The soldiers watching shouted, "Come on."
Wang Jin turned to Zhao Ziliang and said, "Your Majesty, I have opened my eyes today.
I didn't expect that there are so many interesting things in this world besides singing and dancing."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "This is nothing.
Our programs and activities are relatively mild, focusing on participation and cultivating everyone's unity, and they are also relatively entertaining.
It is said that in addition to singing and dancing, the Eastern Roman Empire also had an activity called The gladiatorial fight was extremely bloody, and everyone from the emperor to the common people were very keen to watch and participate.
Their government specially built a gladiatorial arena that could accommodate tens of thousands of people, and put the enemy prisoners captured in the war into it, allowing two Prisoners fight with each other To kill, not only the government has a handicap, but also some people among the people have a handicap to bet on who will live and who will die.
People and nobles who want to go in and watch must pay for tickets.
The audience inside the venue can bet on who will win, and the people outside the venue can also bet on who will win.
Participate in this kind of gambling.
During the period when there were no prisoners of war, in order to maintain the business and operation of the arena, the government would send people to capture or pay to purchase large beasts, and let the prisoners sentenced to death fight with large beasts in the arena.
The prisoners had to fight with the beasts in order to survive."
Wang Jin was shocked: "The people of the Eastern Roman Empire are so cruel."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Not all people in the Eastern Roman Empire are so cruel.
Most of the people with such heavy tastes are officials, nobles, soldiers, royal families and their families.
Their spiritual lives are relatively boring and they have been suppressed for a long time.
I have always been fond of this kind of bloody activities.
Most civilians are on the line of life and death in order to have enough food and clothing.
How can they have time to watch such bloody activities?
Besides, the tickets are not cheap."
"It turns out it's such a pity that we don't have enough time, otherwise I would really want to visit the Eastern Roman Empire."
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Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "It is not impossible for Mr.
Wang to want to go.
In fact, it is not far from the Crimean Peninsula of the Eastern Roman Empire.
It is only four days away by horseback.
Once we reach Kerch on the Azov Sea, we can Take a sea ship from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea, and then sail for about ten days.
We have arrived at Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
If we travel faster, we can reach it in eleven or twelve days.
Western Qin has envoys stationed in Constantinople all year round.
I will write an official letter of resignation from the king.
Send it through the channel, and the envoy in Constantinople will arrange everything for the king."
Wang Jin shook his head and said: "Forget it, this is still the territory of the Khazar Khanate.
If you go to the Sea of Azov, you will be afraid of many dangers."
Zhao Ziliang said confidently: "After tomorrow, this place will no longer be the Khazar Khanate."
The tug-of-war ended with the cheers of the audience, and then the polo match began.
Not long after the game started, Wang Can walked up to Zhao Ziliang and whispered: "Your Majesty, General Zhao Hu sent someone to report that the navy has been trained and can fight across the sea."
Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Order him to lead his army across the sea to attack Samandar immediately."
"promise" On the ninth day of the sixth month of the first year of Baoying, the Khazar army, led by Habil, caught up with the Western Qin army, which had been waiting here for a long time.
"Report to your Majesty, the Khazar army is less than fifty miles away from our army."
The Huya Army came to report on flying horses.
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Pass this king's military order, and the whole army will set out to fight against the Khazar army.
The Huya Army will continue to explore the movements of the Khazar army."
"Yes, Your Majesty"
Nearly 30,000 Western Qin troops formed a long snake formation and moved quickly towards the Khazar army.
The cavalry combat focused on maneuverability and quick response.
This place was still fifty miles away from the Khazar army.
The long snake formation could maintain its speed as fast as possible.
The marching speed can also change into other formations in a very short period of time.
The reason why Zhao Ziliang wanted to lead his army to fight instead of waiting for the arrival of the Khazar army was mainly for three purposes: first, to seize the initiative; second, not to give the Khazar army time to rest; third, not to give the Khazar army time to rest.
Giving Habil time to make other arrangements forced Habil to immediately engage in a decisive battle.
The two armies are approaching each other, and the scouts and cavalry of both sides have already fought in the middle.
The officers and soldiers of the Huya Army are all the best of the best who have undergone extremely strict and cruel training.
In this regard, Zhao Ziliang can be confident that there is no one in the world today.
An army of scout horses could match them.
In the competition for the scouts and scouts, the Huya Army of the Western Qin Dynasty had the upper hand at the beginning, and soon had an absolute advantage.
The Khazar army's scouts and scouts were almost wiped out, with only a few of them escaping back.
The patrol sentries could no longer detect the situation of the Western Qin army, which made Habier a little anxious.
He began to hesitate and ordered the army to slow down its march until the Western Qin army was only five miles away from his Khazar army. , he regained some knowledge of the situation of the Western Qin army, but at this time it was too late to make other arrangements.
The Western Qin army, led by Zhao Ziliang, stood on a slope, and the Khazar army was slowly approaching them.
Although the two sides were still five miles away, Habier had no choice.
At this time, he wanted to avoid the battle and retreat.
It was no longer possible.
Once they retreated, the Western Qin army had already built up enough power to chase and kill.
By then, the Khazar army would not even have a chance to stand up.
Today's temperature is a bit high, the sun is at its peak, and the heat is nothing to the soldiers of the Western Qin Army.
They have lived in the deserts of Central Asia for many years and have long been accustomed to it.
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However, the Khazar army is originally a nomadic people in the north.
They cannot tolerate the heat and love the cold, so they migrate to the north every summer to escape the heat.
The west bank of the Volga River is a good place for them to escape the summer, but it has now become the pasture of the Western Qin army.
The scorching sun was in the sky, and there was no breeze.
The banners and flags were drooping feebly.
The war horses were panting due to the scorching heat.
The soldiers of the Western Qin Army were sunburned and there was a layer of sweat on their foreheads, but there was no One reaches out to wipe sweat.
The Western Qin Army is divided into three parts: left, middle and right.
Each of the three armies is about two miles apart.
It seems that this distance is not short, but compared to the total strength of nearly 50,000 troops on the battlefield, these two miles are really not long.
The reason for this deployment is to prevent flank attacks by the Khazar army.
Although there is no intelligence that the Khazar army has sent additional partial divisions, this is also to prevent it from happening.
In addition, dividing the entire army into three parts, leaving a distance of two miles between each army can facilitate the mobilization of support.
If all the troops are concentrated together, if any part of the battle is unfavorable, all troops and horses will be mobilized for reinforcements.
It is very difficult because there are no gaps and channels for mobilization, and such a deployment does not have such problems.
Zhao Ziliang was observing the Khazar army that was slowly arriving and setting up their formation on the march.
Wang Can quietly walked over and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, a brother reported that they discovered a new situation.
There are three thousand mercenaries in the Khazar army.
Infantrymen, but looking at them, they don't look like The mercenaries, because of their strict military discipline and strict behavior, are obviously regular troops who have undergone rigorous training.
Although they ride horses, they are equipped with heavy infantry equipment.
The general boldly speculates that this is the Eastern Roman Empire's support for the Khazar Khanate.
Three thousand heavy infantry" "Oh" Zhao Ziliang was quite surprised after hearing this.
After thinking for a moment, he whispered a few instructions to Wang Can.
Wang Can cupped his fists and said, "General, I understand, let's do it now."
The heavy infantry of the Roman Empire has always been a weapon in the army.
In this regard, the Western Roman Empire developed the heavy infantry to the extreme.
However, if it encountered the light cavalry of the nomads, it would only be passively beaten.
The light cavalry came and went like the wind. , using cavalry to continuously carry out long-distance strikes, and the heavy infantry cannot catch up.
Of course, this is a situation where the battlefield is wide.
Once the light cavalry loses the detour space for high-speed maneuvers and is entangled by the heavy infantry, it will be really miserable. .
Now, on a battlefield with a total strength of nearly 50,000 troops, it seems impossible to use light cavalry to deal with heavy infantry.
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