AD 775, the thirteenth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty, October 29th, the royal hunting ground of the Western Qin Dynasty.
Zhao Ziliang and a dozen cavalrymen were scattered in all directions in a large bush, surrounding five antelopes.
The uneven bushes of different thicknesses blocked the flight path of the arrows.
Zhao Ziliang and the knights could only keep moving.
Move around to find the best shooting angle, but antelope don't stand still, they're always moving.
If you want to shoot the antelope that is constantly moving in the bush, you need to seize the opportunity and shoot the arrow quickly, accurately and hard.
This is the best activity for training archery.
"Whoosh" Zhao Ziliang seized the opportunity and shot an arrow.
The arrow pierced the air and made a sound.
An antelope fell down with the sound, and its limbs kept kicking and it breathed out.
Opportunities appeared one after another.
Zhao Ziliang felt keenly and reacted quickly.
He shot several arrows one after another, killing all the antelopes in the bushes, and each arrow hit the head.
Zhao Ziliang put away his precious eagle bow and waved his hand: "Go over and bring the prey back."
The knights jumped off their horses and walked towards the shot antelope.
After a while, the soldiers came over with five antelopes.
A chief bowed to Zhao Ziliang and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, all five arrows hit the prey."
Not a single head is missing.”
"Let's go back and have some food," Zhao Ziliang said, turning his horse around and returning.
The other soldiers mounted their prey and followed closely behind.
Before Zhao Ziliang and others arrived to rest on horseback, Wang Can led several people on horseback to greet them.
After the two horses of "Law" met, they both reined in and stopped.
Wang Can clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said: "Your Majesty, there is urgent news from the Dashi Kingdom and the Eastern Roman Empire.
Mansur died of illness on October 20th; after Constantine V died of illness on September 14th, he His son Leo ascended the throne as Leo IV, but his Several half-brothers questioned the legitimacy of his emperor and launched rebellions in various places.
However, they were put down in less than a month and all his half-brothers were killed by him.
Leo IV His throne has been completely secured, and no one dares to oppose him anymore."
Zhao Ziliang looked startled, and immediately said: "Let's go, we'll talk about it when we get back."
After that, the horse galloped forward, followed by Wang Can and others and quickly disappeared into the hunting ground.
Returning to the palace, Zhao Ziliang changed his clothes and came to the Qinzheng Hall.
Wang Can, the court ministers and some military generals were already waiting here.
"Let's talk about the Eastern Roman Empire first.
Since Leo's half-brothers doubted the legitimacy of his emperor and launched a rebellion, how could Leo IV put down the rebellion in such a period of time?
It's against common sense.
Even if he had three heads and six arms, he would never be able to do it."
Wang Can had obviously investigated the matter, and he replied: "I have already analyzed this matter.
Unless Leo IV knew that his half-brothers would launch a rebellion, he would have He began to make arrangements, and just waiting for them to rebel, he would immediately attack them all."
Zhao Ziliang nodded when he heard this, "Yes, this is the only way to make sense.
Leo IV is only twenty-five years old this year, right?
I didn't expect that this person has such scheming and means, is decisive in killing, and treats his brothers without mercy.
This should not be underestimated."
"Look at it" Wang Can said: "Leo is indeed not inferior to his father Constantine V, but I think he does not have such strong and decisive methods and deep scheming.
I think this incident should not be planned by him.
His character There is no such decisive and cruel minister to send people After checking, Leo IV’s queen was originally named Rilla, but she later changed her name to Irina, which was the same as her mother-in-law.
During the investigation, our spies in Constantinople discovered that every one of Leo’s Behind every success there is the shadow of Irina.”
Zhao Ziliang asked: "You mean this Irina is making suggestions for Leo IV behind the scenes?"
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Wang Can nodded and said: "Yes, our detailed work has also been to her hometown Greece to check.
This Queen Irina is extremely beautiful, knowledgeable, wise, and well-educated.
She and Leo IV gave birth to a child. , also called Constantine, is already four years old.”
The legendary beauty school master Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but sigh.
There is no shortage of beauties and women with high intelligence at any time, but the most beautiful women with both beauty and high intelligence are rare.
This kind of woman combines the favor of God. .
Zhao Ziliang believed that Leo IV might have some talents, but compared with his queen Irina, he was far behind.
"So Irina had a great influence on Leo IV" Wang Can nodded and said: "Yes, the great Leo IV almost obeys Irina's words.
Since marrying her, Leo IV has not contacted any other women."
This is Zhao Ziliang, a very possessive woman with extraordinary beauty and wisdom who made a judgment about Irina.
However, given the current situation in the Eastern Roman Empire, Leo IV would probably focus on internal affairs first instead of He would direct his energy to the outside world.
After all, he had just ascended the throne.
Even though he had no brothers competing with him for the throne, the Eastern Roman Empire was not very peaceful.
Rebellions occurred from time to time.
Internal rectification was the right choice.
Zhao Ziliang turned the topic to the issue of the Great Food Country: "Today is October 29th.
Mansour died of illness on October 20th.
Nine days have passed.
In other words, Baghdad and the Persian-controlled areas of the Great Food Country are now Lost its master"
Wang Can said: "Yes, Baghdad and the Persian-controlled areas in Dashi must be very chaotic.
Based on the message transmission conditions there, the Mahdi in Damascus will not be able to receive news for half a month."
Zhao Ziliang walked back and forth in the hall, thinking constantly in his mind.
After a few minutes, he stopped and looked at the military generals and asked: "Generals and adults, now is a rare opportunity.
Mansour's death has allowed him to control the area.
Having lost our master, we In the past few years, we have made some arrangements in the Great Food Country, and secretly bribed and instigated some officials, military generals and chiefs of the Great Food Country.
If we decisively send troops now, it is very likely that we can capture all of Persia and the Mesopotamia area without any effort.
What do you think?”
Someone stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this may be successful, but we may not be able to recover our loans and compensation."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "As long as we capture all of Persia and the Mesopotamia region, it doesn't matter whether we pay compensation or loans.
Why can't we still collect money from the cannibals?
The key is that we can continue to ask Mahdi for money.
He If he doesn’t give it, we’ll beat him until he gives it.”
The generals also laughed.
Zhao Ziliang said he wanted to fight, and the military generals all agreed to fight.
The civil officials were not unanimous in their opinions, so naturally they could not stop the dispatch of troops.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered an urgent dispatch of 800 miles to send a message to Zhao Lei who was stationed in Persia, ordering him to lead the plateau army.
Get out quickly He launched an attack on western Persia and the Mesopotamia region.
At the same time, he ordered the slave legions to depart from Oghuz and rush to the Persian region to fight.
Li Siye was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, commanding the plateau legion and the slave legion, a total of 100,000 standing troops.
The Slave Legion has had three leaders since its establishment.
The current leader is Bai Xiaode.
According to regulations, regardless of whether it is a standing army or a voluntary army, legion-level officers and adjutants can only serve in the same legion for a maximum of four consecutive years.
This not only avoids the phenomenon of generals not knowing soldiers and soldiers not knowing generals, but also to a large extent.
Avoid the disadvantages of generals relying on their own troops.
Li Siye was no longer young, nearly seventy years old, but he was still going strong.
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Zhao Ziliang thought of giving him one last chance to lead the army.
He was older, calm, and experienced in combat, making him a more suitable commander.
Just as Li Siye and his family members rushed from Xinjing to Persia, Bai Xiaode also led the slave army from Ogus to Persia.
The 800-mile express was obviously much faster, so use the inns along the way.
Zhao Ziliang's decree was sent to Persia's Yazd at a speed of eight hundred miles per day.
Zhao Lei, who was in Yazd, quickly received Zhao Ziliang's edict.
Zhao Lei immediately ordered the plateau army to attack western Persia from three routes.
The southern route started from Shiraz; the middle route started from Yazd; and the northern route started from Ila. .
People in western Persia were in chaos, and the guards in each town had no masters.
They had no intention of spending time on city defenses.
When the Western Qin Army came from three directions, the defenders of the Great Food Army in each town could not resist it.
Even if To resist, the resistance is also extremely weak.
In just a few days, the Western Qin Army reached Basra on the South Road and joined the garrison originally stationed in Basra.
The Central Road Army successively captured Sparhan, Arak, Daurud, and Khorramabad. , Ilam, and soon approached the vicinity of Baghdad; while the Northern Route Army attacked all the way to the west, successively capturing large towns in the northwest such as Qazvin, Ardabil, and Tabriz, and the Armenian region soon fell into the hands of the Northern Route Army.
The Southern Route Army joined the 1,000 cavalry garrison in Basra and then quickly advanced northwest along the Euphrates River, and soon met with the Central Route Army under the city of Baghdad.
The army in Baghdad did not want to be trapped in the city and hurried out of the city to fight.
However, they were attacked head-on by the Western Qin cavalry led by Zhao Lei and returned with a disastrous defeat.
Forty thousand elites were annihilated and only a few thousand fled back to Baghdad.
On November 25th, soldiers from the Western Qin Army’s Plateau Legion besieged the city of Baghdad.
Baghdad was translated as Fuda City by Western Qin officials.
After more than ten years of construction, this city has become quite large, but its walls are not tall.
It is circular, so it is also called Tuancheng.
It covers a large area and is divided into outer city, inner city and palace city.
It has three city walls, with the palace city as the center, and the city walls form three concentric circles.
Each city wall has four equidistant gates, and four streets extend from the central area to the city gates, shaped like spokes of a wheel.
There are royal palaces, official residences, mosques, libraries, gardens, etc. in the palace city.
Tens of thousands of Western Qin troops besieged the city, which made the Dashi residents in the city panic and terrified.
On the day of the siege, Zhao Lei sent people to announce to the defenders in the city that surrendering would avoid death.
If they resist stubbornly, once the city is breached, no chickens or dogs will be left behind
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