Constantinople, Grand Palace.
Constantine V wore a floor-length robe and walked to the throne under the gaze of all the ministers.
Queen Irina, wearing a nearly transparent white silk floor-length dress, followed him and enjoyed all the civil and military affairs together with his support.
The minister's gaze walked towards the throne.
This is a model of wife's esteem.
Although the Khazar Khanate was conquered by the West, Qin was destroyed, but Irina's weight in Constantine V's heart did not change.
She was a happy woman, but this woman had been in poor health since the fall of the Khazar Khanate.
She often fell ill and had She almost died several times, but the favor of Constantine V could not improve her illness.
The couple sat down on the large golden throne, but Irina suddenly coughed violently.
She immediately covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief.
The coughing sound was slightly quieter, but a flush appeared on her face.
Constantine V Shi immediately reached out and patted her back.
When the civil and military ministers saw this situation, they began to have different thoughts.
While Irina was favored by Constantine V, some ministers rose to high positions because of her care.
However, many ministers were extremely dissatisfied and resentful of her favor.
In the upper political circles of the Eastern Roman Empire, It has always been extremely complicated and chaotic.
The interests among the ministers are intertwined and affect the whole body.
If anything happens to Irina, a large number of people in Constantinople will definitely be miserable.
After bursts of violent coughing, Irina took off the silk handkerchief, only to see a bright red blood mass on the silk handkerchief.
A sad look appeared on Irina's pale face, and the face of Constantine V beside her changed.
Change, "Irina" "Dear, my Majesty, don't say anything.
I'm fine.
I'm afraid I can't stay here to listen to you discussing national affairs with the ministers.
Send someone to take me back.
I will wait for you to come back."
Irina smiled sweetly and comforted her.
Looking at his man with eyes.
"Irina, you scared me, are you really okay?"
Constantine V looked at Irina nervously and worriedly.
“It’s really okay” "Okay" Constantine V stood up and shouted: "Come here, send the queen back" Seeing Irina being helped away by the eunuchs and maids, some ministers who hated Irina were full of expectations.
As long as Irina died, they might stand up, while those ministers who gained power because of Irina expressed Expressing deep concern.
Constantine V sat on the throne and looked at the ministers and said seriously: "Okay, now let's start discussing national affairs."
The Minister of Foreign Affairs stood up and bowed, stroking his chest and saying: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the envoy in Beijing, Crelius, has sent an urgent message."
Constantine V asked: "What did he say?"
"Krilius said that King Bulgar Khan has been staying in Xinjing for three months.
At present, they have left Xinjing and are on their way back to Bulgaria.
Krilius also said an extremely important thing in the letter.
King Teletz of Galhan purchased a large number of weapons, equipment and maids from the Western Qin officials in Xinjing, including 3,000 weapons, 5,000 pieces of armor, and 3,000 crossbows.
The quality of this batch of weapons and equipment is comparable to that of our Eastern Roman Empire.
The empire is comparable.
Krilius believes that the quantity of this batch of ordnance is not large, but if this batch of weapons is transported back to the Bulgar Khanate to equip the army, once the barbarian warriors take advantage of it, it will definitely make Bulgar The Khanate continues to purchase from Western Qin, and the amount purchased will increase exponentially.
After they obtain weapons from Western Qin, they will most likely go south to attack our country.
Crelius suggested that we should prepare early."
The news sent back by Crelius made Constantine V and all the civil and military ministers begin to become nervous.
The civil strife in the Thrace region of the country had not yet been completely calmed down, and the threat from the north was coming again.
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Constantine The Fifth Dynasty once again felt tremendous pressure.
The military pressure on the northern grasslands did no less harm to the Eastern Roman Empire than the great food country did to the Eastern Roman Empire.
Just when Constantine V and the ministers were deeply worried, an official quickly walked into the hall from outside the palace and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty, a fight is about to begin.
A fight between the Western Qin Kingdom and the Arabs is about to begin."
The emperor and courtiers were shocked when they heard this.
Constantine V immediately asked: "Tell me, what is going on?"
The official said: "According to the information we received, Western Qin purchased ten warships from the Papal See and purchased 300,000 kilograms of metal ore from Frank.
However, these items were detained by the Arabs in Alexandria. , it is said that the Arabs prescribed The astronomical tolls were equivalent to five times the price of these things.
Of course, the Western Qin Kingdom gave up and immediately took sanctions.
Xinjing issued an administrative order to detain all Arab merchants and goods in Western Qin and not allow any goods. into arab territory arab The people couldn't stand it anymore, and the economic losses were extremely heavy.
Mansour knew that he could not defeat the Western Qin in this regard, so he decided to use war to divert domestic conflicts.
Now the Arabs have drawn about 200,000 troops from the western region Heading towards the eastern Khorasan Province, The Western Qin Dynasty quickly got the news and dispatched three legions to assemble towards the border.
This time, an unprecedented war will break out between the Arabs and the Western Qin Dynasty.
There is also news.
It is said that Mansu You and Zhao Ziliang, the king of Western Qin, will personally lead their armies to fight."
A minister stood up and said happily: "Now we have a good show."
Another minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we should take this opportunity to increase our efforts to quickly quell the civil strife in Thrace and see if there is an opportunity to attack the Arabs and take advantage."
Just when many ministers thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attack the Arabs, someone stood up and said: "Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, I think we should first solve the Bulgarian worries before we can deal with the Arabs.
If we don't solve it, Bulgar raids are always a huge threat behind us."
After hearing this, Constantine V deeply agreed and said: "Yes, the Bulgars have been a huge threat to us for a long time.
This time Teletz purchased weapons and equipment from Western Qin that are comparable in quality to our army.
With the ordnance, their combat capabilities will be greatly improved.
We must find ways to suppress them.
How is our internal bribery of the Bulgars going?"
The official in charge of the spy organization stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, our spies have successfully bribed several Bulgar tribe leaders, but these people are smart people.
If we fail in the battle of Utretz, these people will I’m afraid they won’t take action against Teletz, but as long as we defeat Teletz, they will take action against Teletz.”
At this time, a minister stood up and said to Constantine V: "Your Majesty, I have a way to get rid of Teletz.
We can send people to kill Teletz on his way back."
Constantine V and other ministers thought this man had some good ideas, and they couldn't help but feel a little discouraged after hearing his words.
"What a good idea is this?
A large number of people cannot pass through the border defenses of Western Qin and enter Western Qin's sphere of influence.
It won't work at all if the number of people is small.
Moreover, Teletz's way back is within Western Qin's sphere of influence.
We don't have any at all."
Chance" The minister said: "After Teletz and his troops arrived at the Khazar Protectorate in Western Qin with the weapons, there were two ways to return to the Bulgar Khanate.
One was by land, but it had to pass through Pecheneg.
In the territory of the people and the Magyars, the other way is to take the sea route.
The Western Qin Dynasty must have told the Pechenegs and Magyars to let them go.
But we can send people to sneak into the Khazar Protectorate to create an atmosphere where the Pechenegs may be interested in those ordnance, so that Teletz dare not take the land route and choose the water route.
As long as we reach the Black Sea, we There is a huge chance of intercepting their ship.
As long as we capture Teletz, we can deal with him however we want."
Constantine V thought this method was good and said: "This is indeed a good method, but how can the keyword love make Teletz believe that the Pechenegs will attack them?"
The minister in charge of the spy organization said: "Dear Your Majesty, my spies are fully qualified for such a job.
This is what they do.
This is their job."
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Constantine V immediately said: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you.
Notify the navy so that the Black Sea Fleet can be ready to set sail at any time to intercept Teletz's fleet."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Just when Constantinople was planning to intercept Teletz, the Western Qin King Zhao Ziliang already commanded 500 Dragon Guards, 500 Tiger Tooth Army, 3,000 Selected Front Army and 5,000 Guards.
Leave Xinjing and rush to Jiling City.
There are wide roads and smooth roads from Xinjing to Jiling City.
Even if it is windy or rainy, it cannot stop the army from advancing.
Nearly 10,000 cavalrymen formed a team several miles long.
Flags were flying in the team. throughout the entire team.
During the march along the way, every post station or military station fifty miles away had already prepared enough drinking water.
All the governors, states, and counties had prepared enough food to supply the army.
Nearly 10,000 cavalrymen were lightly equipped.
It took less than ten days to get from Xinjing to Jiling City.
The distance along the way reached 3,000 miles.
Calculated, the army walked nearly 300 miles every day.
This kind of marching speed was almost unparalleled in the world.
An army can do it.
Now Zhao Hu serves as the commander of the Second Army Corps, and Huo Kan serves as the commander of the Eighth Army Corps.
These two armies arrived at Jiling City half a month ago under the leadership of Zhao Hu and Huo Kan.
At this time The Fifth Army Corps, under the leadership of Wei Meng, was stationed on the northeastern border of Huacizimo and the Kingdom of Dashi
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