During the conquest of the Volga Bulgars and the conquest of Tianzhu, Zhao Lei once led troops to participate in battles.
He experienced dozens of large and small battles and suffered numerous injuries, but he never led an army alone in a battle.
This was the first time that Zhao Lei acted alone as a general.
Commanding troops to fight, they also command 50,000 soldiers and horses.
The strength of the entire Plateau Legion is three times that of the general standing army.
In other words, the Plateau Legion is equivalent to three legions.
Every decision and every order has to be carefully considered.
After a day's march, the army crossed the national border, which meant that it came to the enemy's territory.
Everything had to be done carefully, and it was not easy to get support.
Crossing the border also means that the plateau officers have to deal with the food and grass supplies on their own.
Zhamu is responsible for this matter.
He has 3,000 people dedicated to solving the food and grass problem.
The solution is to ask the local residents to forcibly distribute the food and grass supplies in the occupied areas.
If they do not hand over the supplies, , then they can only "get" it themselves.
"Don't be anxious for now.
After we capture a few small towns on the way to Zaleburg, you can send people to find the local landlords and wealthy businessmen to apportion the money.
If they don't cooperate, you won't be too late to take action again.
For those ordinary local civilians, , we shouldn’t offend them if we can, and besides, they don’t even have enough to eat, so how can they have any extra money or food?”
Zhao Lei's words temporarily made Zhamu give up the idea of plundering.
Zhamu said: "Okay, since the general said so, then we won't trouble the common people.
We will go after a few small towns to find those."
The landowners and wealthy businessmen will share the money, but we need to find a few guides first."
Vice General Wu Tielin also agreed: "Yes, General, although there are routes on the map, we still need to find local guides.
They can not only take us to march along the routes on the map, but also collect local landlords and merchants along the way.
We can get information from the guide about the local landowners, how many fields and industries they have, the wealthy merchants, how big their business is, and the nobles, whether these nobles have slave soldiers, etc."
Zhao Lei nodded, "Okay, let's find a guide first."
After saying that, he shook his head to Lei Xiaosheng, the captain of the Scout Battalion: "Put on the big food merchants we brought and go to the nearby villages to find people.
Find one or a few residents who are familiar with the roads and local conditions and let them Take us to Hudar” "Yes, general," Lei Xiaosheng merely agreed with his fists clasped, then rode away quickly.
In this era, the population around the world is sparse.
Coupled with perennial wars and low social productivity, the population is even smaller.
Moreover, in an environment like the Iranian Plateau where deserts and deserts are everywhere, the population is even smaller.
People can often see hundreds of miles away.
It’s no surprise that you’re not around people.
When you enter an unfamiliar environment and don’t understand the language, finding a guide is the best and most effective way.
This solved the problem easily.
This place was not far from the small town of Hudal.
Almost all local adult men had gone to the small town of Hudal to buy or exchange items.
Unruly, facing the Western Qin soldiers like the Plateau Legion, not everyone in the local area is willing to be their guide.
Only those who are greedy and always thinking about speculation will not let go of this opportunity to make money and get ahead, and in this way People are always present everywhere.
There are less than a hundred large soldiers stationed in the small town of Hudar, and they are still miscellaneous.
The weapons and equipment are rusty, and the city walls are made of mud.
They cannot be called a city wall at all, but can only be regarded as a fence.
Such a city Where can we stop the plateau army?
Zhao Lei hadn't brought the main force to the attack yet.
Lei Xiaosheng, the captain of the scout camp, led the Yebushou soldiers of the scout camp to kill more than a hundred stragglers of the food army guarding the city, and officially occupied Hudar.
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Small town, Zhao Lei then successfully entered with his army.
The walls of the city and the buildings inside the city were in a mess, but the city lord's palace in this small town was very grand and exquisite.
This naturally became Zhao Lei's temporary residence.
He strode to the front hall of the city lord's palace to summon his lieutenants, The general and some of the generals below assigned matters.
Zhao Lei did not have time to collect a large number of the furnishings of the city lord's palace, so he said to the generals who came to discuss the matter: "General, we cannot stay here for a long time.
We have to capture many towns along the way and rush to join the king's army.
We only need to We can stay here to rest for a day.
During this day, we have to collect some food, grass and supplies.
General Zhamu is mainly responsible for this.
Everyone else should take care of their soldiers and generals, have a good rest and don't cause trouble everywhere.
Do you understand?"
All the generals saluted and agreed: "I obey."
Zhamu is a man with a very discerning eye.
Zhao Ziliang would not have accepted him as the general of the servant army if he had not made him the deputy general after the establishment of the Plateau Army.
Not only does this guy have a discerning eye, he also knows his position and knows He can do what he should do, and he will never be soft when he should be cruel.
The advantage of such a person is that he is obedient and easy to use.
Zhamu knew that collecting food and supplies along the way was the most critical thing for this march.
This was the prerequisite for all wars.
Only by storing enough food and combat supplies could the battle be possible.
Soldiers would not have the strength to fight if they did not have enough food. .
In just one day, Zhamu raised half a month's worth of food and supplies for an army of 50,000 people in the small city of Hudar and the surrounding villages, as well as a fortune of great value.
All these made the local landlords, wealthy merchants and nobles Of course, there are those who are not cooperative.
For these uncooperative landowners, wealthy businessmen and nobles, He ordered all these people and their families to be killed, confiscated all their property, and announced that their fields would be cultivated by the locals for free, and those who cultivated them first would get it first.
He also collected the slaves of these people and asked the slaves to transport food and supplies.
The army was short of coolies to work.
After a day's rest, Zhao Lei left a hundred men to garrison here, and the army continued to march northwest along the planned route.
In the next two days, the army effortlessly occupied the two small cities of Lask and Salba during the march.
Zhamu successively collected a large amount of grain, grass, materials, gold and silver, and also left two centurions.
They were stationed in these two small towns.
On October 19, the Gaoyuan Legion, led by Zhao Lei, Zhamu, Wu Tielin and Jin Zhanpeng, arrived at Zaleborg.
This is also a defensive castle.
Its scale is far smaller than that of Behdashir Castle.
A thousand food troops are stationed in it.
Moreover, as the largest defensive fortress in southern Sistan, its role is not only to defend against the Western Qin Dynasty. , as well as deterring ordinary civilians and bandits around them.
Zhao Lei looked at the Zale Fort on the mountainside a few miles away, frowned and said: "It seems that although this Zale Fort is just a small fort with only a thousand people stationed, it is not easy to fight.
Take a look. , in the surrounding terrain, large-scale troops cannot be deployed at all.
Our military superiority has no effect in front of such terrain.
If the food, water and defensive defensive equipment stored in Zale Fort are enough, we will win I’m afraid it’s not something that happens in a day or two.
What do you think?”
Supervisor Jin Zhanpeng said: "Prince, we can't be dragged here for too long.
The king is still waiting for us to join us.
We must find a way to capture Zaleburg as soon as possible."
Wu Tielin observed for a while and said to everyone: "A strong attack on this terrain will inevitably cause heavy casualties.
It would be much easier if there were troops from the Huya Army here.
They can easily climb the cliff that we think is impossible to climb.
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We can carry out a surprise attack on the enemy, but our soldiers have not received similar training and are not qualified for such a method of combat."
Zhamu thought for a while and said to Zhao Lei: "General, I think it is better to persuade Zaleborg to surrender first.
If they are stubborn, we will organize a trial attack to see their defense strength and means, and then make a plan.
According to the siege method, calculate the number of Zalleborgs again.
It's difficult to attack, so we have to capture it.
We can't just leave it here and leave it alone.
In that case, our retreat will be cut off.
Although we have no logistical supplies, being cut off from behind will always make the soldiers If fear arises in the heart, morale and combat effectiveness will be damaged."
Zhao Lei thought about it for a while and then told Wu Tielin: "Send someone to persuade you to surrender, and we will see the results of the surrender."
"Understood" Wu Tielin agreed and turned around to make arrangements.
Zhao Lei said to Zamu again: "General Zamu, if the food army in Zale Fort does not surrender, we are afraid that we will have to attack the city.
However, even though it is just a tentative attack, there will definitely be attacks in this terrain.
There are a lot of casualties.
What do you think can be done to minimize the casualties?"
Zhamu took off his helmet and scratched Bald Shu's forehead.
He suddenly slapped his forehead and said to Zhao Lei: "General, we can let those slaves attack the city.
These people will kill the disobedient landowners, rich merchants and nobles.
After we robbed them, they have been transporting grain and grass to us.
These slaves can not only work, but also fight.
As long as they are given weapons, they can fight and send these slaves to attack the city.
It is better than letting our own people attack the city. much better” Zhao Lei hesitated: "That's good, but I'm afraid these slaves won't work hard.
Besides, this is a war, and people will die.
They are not fools, and they are willing to work hard for us."
Jin Zhanpeng, who was standing nearby, supported Zhamu's method.
He said: "Prince, I think General Zhamu's method is very good.
These slaves will definitely not work for us, but as long as we can afford the price that makes them happy, They will definitely work hard.”
Zhao Lei thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay.
In that case, Zhamu, if you fail to persuade them to surrender later, you can go tell the slaves and let them attack Zale Fort.
We will give them weapons.
If They can get five silver coins for killing a Great Eater soldier in battle, twenty silver coins for killing a ten-centurion, one hundred silver coins for killing a centurion, and one hundred silver coins for killing Zaleborg.
The defender can get a thousand silver coins.
If they don’t want our Western Qin silver coins, I can give them the silver coins common to the Food Kingdom.
One Western Qin silver coin can be exchanged for five Dilhan Food Country silver coin units.
Whoever attacks Zaleburg first , you can get two thousand dirkhams.
All slaves who participated in the battle can regain their status as free people after this battle.
They can continue to choose to fight for us, or they can leave with the reward."
Zhamu immediately clasped his fists and said: "General, under such a heavy reward, I believe that those slaves will attack Zaleborg without fear of death":