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Chapter 902: The war broke out in West Asia


Gao Shang said: "Your Majesty, don't worry.

General Chu has already taken charge of his own affairs.

It is more than enough for him to lead two legions."

Zhao Ziliang nodded, thought for a moment and said, "It has been more than a year since Zhao Lei went to conquer the Slavs under Huo Kan of the Fifth Army.

According to the letter sent back by Huo Kan, Zhao Lei's performance in the army was pretty good.

Yes, he often raised his head and charged at the front during battles.

He got along well with the soldiers.

He knew how to sympathize with the soldiers and got along well with his comrades.

He even led the troops in two battles alone. , all achieved victory.

Now that the fighting in the northwest has temporarily stopped, the people of the Fifth Army and the Kipchak Department are resting and recuperating.

The king is considering whether to transfer Zhao Lei back and let him train with Chu Ge.

Training, fighting the Tianzhu people is different from fighting the Slavs.

The climate, terrain, and combat methods are completely different.

This should also be a good training for Zhao Lei."

Gao Shang cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is wise."

"Go to the Military Academy to say hello.

First, transfer Zhao Lei back.

After he has lived in Xinjing for a few days, I will arrange for him to go to the Eastern Expedition Army and let Chu Ge train him well.

If he can do this from If he performs well in the Eastern Expedition, I will consider letting him lead the troops alone next time we fight."

Gao Shang cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Wei Chen will do it now."

Zhao Ziliang was extremely proficient in the use of the servant army, and Chu Ge also learned this trick from him to a great extent.

After all, the servant army was not an army trained by one's own side.

In terms of troop formation, tactical application, military order transmission, organization and equipment, all Completely different, so I want the servant army to engage in frontal combat The idea of ​​directly confronting the enemy is naive and stupid.

Servant armies are all people who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

Otherwise, they would not surrender and become servant armies.

This kind of army does not have a strong will to fight and can only fight with the wind. , once the war is slightly unfavorable, collapse will definitely result.

In Zhao Ziliang's view, the biggest role of the servant army is to fight for attrition, especially in siege battles.

He generally does not use his own troops to siege the city.

He only uses his own infantry to attack the city as a last resort.

The role of the servant army In addition to spending money, it can also build momentum.

Chu Ge learned Zhao Ziliang's two methods of using the servant army.

When encountering a siege, he would definitely let the servant army attack the city first.

Not only would the enemy's troops be almost exhausted, but the servant army's troops would also be greatly consumed.

It is good for controlling the servant army.

There is only one way to make the servant soldiers work hard.

Reward heavily.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards.

Heavy rewards can stimulate the greed of the servant soldiers.

As long as one or two examples are set, other servant soldiers will be jealous.

The power of example is infinite, and other servants will fight to the death in order to obtain heavy rewards.

In the blink of an eye, in June, the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Chu Ge had captured half of the thirty-six city-states in Northern Tianzhu.

According to Zhao Ziliang's wishes, Wang Ting only replenished the Eastern Expeditionary Army with weapons, crossbows, arrows, armor, and military uniforms and shoes.

Consumption of other aspects such as food, grass, prizes All rewards and other military supplies were captured by the Eastern Expeditionary Army themselves.

Even the military supplies for the servant army were handled by the Eastern Expeditionary Army themselves.

This undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Chu Ge.

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He not only had to be responsible for commanding the war, but also considered How to solve the problem of shortage of supplies.

In order to be self-sufficient, Chu Ge had to order the expropriation of grain, livestock and other military supplies in the occupied areas, and also ordered the confiscation of the properties of the nobles in Northern Tianzhu to use as military supplies.

Therefore, he plundered all the land occupied by the Eastern Expeditionary Army. , a large number of nobles became paupers overnight, and some nobles who resisted were directly exterminated, which made the North Everyone in Tianzhu has become poor.

Without the contrast between the rich and the poor, the poor people in northern Tianzhu actually welcome the Eastern Expedition Army very much, thinking that the Eastern Expedition Army is an army sent by the Buddha to rescue them from the sea of ​​suffering.

When Zhao Ziliang I really couldn't laugh or cry when I heard the news, but from this we can also see that people are not worried about scarcity but about inequality.

The war of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was progressing relatively smoothly, which made Zhao Ziliang feel more relieved, but there was also trouble in the west at this time.

On June 16, Wang Can reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, the Great Food Kingdom mobilized more than a hundred people to rescue Prince Mahdi in Constantinople.

At first, he was rescued from the secret prison in the arena. , but the Eastern Roman Empire officials immediately sent pursuers to pursue, On the way to escape, Mahdi died after being shot by an arrow.

The body was brought back to the Kingdom of Great Food by rescuers.

After receiving the news, Caliph Mansur was furious and took advantage of the Eastern Roman Empire to mobilize a large number of troops to attack the Bulgarian Khanate.

Immediately decided to launch an army to attack the Eastern Roman Empire."

“At that time, Constantine V was preparing to lead his army to attack Susedava and Novae on the Danube River from behind.

When he received the news that the large army of the Great Food Army was approaching the border, he was shocked and immediately led his army to withdraw from the Bulgarian Khanate.

He retreated to the East Malaysian Empire by land and water.

At the same time, he mobilized troops to the east to prepare for the battle with Manchuria.

On the other hand, the Great Food Army under the command of Sur sent people to the Bulgarian Khanate for peace talks with Teletz.

The peace talks were still in progress.

The army of the Eastern Roman Empire was rushing towards the border, and the Great Food Army was also moving rapidly to the north.

Preparing to attack the border towns of the Eastern Roman Empire, further news is still on the way."

Zhao Ziliang knew that if the cannibals had not suddenly raised their troops and decided to attack the Eastern Roman Empire, the Bulgarian Khanate would have been defeated by Constantine V this time and had to sign a peace treaty with the Eastern Roman Empire and recognize the Eastern Roman Empire's status as a suzerainty. , but after the army of the Great Food Kingdom set out, the Bulgarian Khanate was saved during this critical period.

Khan King Teletz He was ready to fight to the death, but he didn't know that the Eastern Roman Army suddenly retreated.

This made him and his generals very confused, so they immediately sent people to explore the news.

When he got the news that the Eastern Roman Empire was being attacked, When the army of the Great Food State attacked, he was very happy and was about to lead his army to attack the Thrace region of the Eastern Roman Empire, but he was dissuaded by his ministers.

Later, Teletz received the news that the Eastern Roman Empire sent envoys to hold peace talks.

During the negotiation process, Teletz opened his mouth and demanded that the annual gold tribute paid by the Eastern Roman Empire to the Bulgarian Khanate be increased to 700 pounds.

This is a lot of money.

You must know that the annual gold production in this era is extremely limited.

Even gold mines with extremely rich reserves may not be able to produce so much gold.

It's not that the Eastern Roman Empire couldn't produce so much gold.

The large amount of gold paid as tribute to the Bulgarian Khanate in recent years has greatly affected the economy of the Eastern Roman Empire, causing the value of gold coins to rise significantly, while the prices of silver coins and copper plates have The decline was rapid.

Sometimes the royal family would have to go to the market to exchange gold for major ceremonies, paying several times the market price in exchange for some.

During the negotiation process, the Bulgarian Khan King Teletz not only requested that the gold given to him by the Eastern Roman Empire to attack each year be increased to 700 pounds, but also requested that the Eastern Roman Empire send 2,000 women to the Bulgarian Khanate every year.

These two demands made the Eastern Roman Empire The imperial envoy almost broke the news and left, but in order to solve the worries of the Eastern Roman Empire, the envoy had to continue talking to Teles patiently.

Although the demands of Teletz, the Bulgarian Khan, were too excessive for the envoys of the Eastern Roman Empire to accept, Teletz's attitude was extremely tough.

If he did not agree, he would send troops to attack the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Eastern Roman Empire had to endure the humiliation and pain.

Agreeing to Teletz's terms, the two sides signed an agreement.

The Eastern Roman Empire paid an annual tribute of 700 pounds of gold and 2,000 young women to the Bulgarian Khanate in exchange for a ten-year truce.

It has to be said that although Mansour is very good at political skills, he really has nothing to praise in the military.

His 100,000 troops set out from Aleppo to attack the border passes of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the progress was difficult.

The defenders of the Roman Empire were very good at defense, and the fortresses they built were also very strong.

This was due to the foresight of Constantine V.

If these fortresses had not been built in advance, it would have been difficult to withstand the attack of the Great Eating Army.

Two months had passed by the time Constantine V led his army to the border.

At this time, Mansur had captured three passes on the border of the Eastern Roman Empire, but his own losses were very heavy.

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This also made Mansur Sur realized that his ability to march and fight was really limited.

After he killed the extremely talented general Bingbo Xilin and his subordinate generals, it was difficult for the Food Kingdom to find military generals who could compare with Bingbo Xilin. .

After Constantine V arrived with his army, the two monarchs from the East and the West met and fought for the first time.

The result of the battle was that there was no winner, each suffered losses, and the situation became anxious for a time.

In early August, Zhao Ziliang learned about the fighting situation between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Great Food Kingdom.

Wang Can reported: "At present, Mansur's military capabilities seem to be slightly insufficient compared with Constantine V, but The Great Food Country also has an advantage.

They have sufficient troops and high morale, and there is no problem with supplies.

As for the Eastern Roman Empire, although the commander's military ability is stronger than that of the Great Food Country, the army is a division that has been fighting for a long time, and its morale is relatively low. some, and They were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.

They were on the defensive side and were passive in fighting.

Now they were in a stalemate.

Constantine V had to stare hard, but Mansur was trying to ease the domestic tensions.

He wanted to transfer the internal conflicts to the external war.

This time, half of the 100,000 troops he brought were opposition forces.

He brought these people to the border to fight with the Eastern Roman Empire, which could effectively weaken the opposition.

The strength of the faction.”

Zhao Ziliang said: "In this way, Mansour does have a certain political strategy.

It seems that the war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Food Kingdom is going to be fought

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