In order to capture this castle that was only guarded by more than 200 people in two days, these slaves tried their best.
For the sake of their fields, freedom and family, they climbed to the heights of the castle without fear of death. .
There is no one in this world who is not afraid of death, but under certain conditions and circumstances, there are also people who are not afraid of death.
They even want to die quickly.
There are such people among the slaves who attack the city.
They live a miserable life.
Bitter, now they have an opportunity to trade their own death for fields, freedom and money for their families, and they are willing to do so.
In order to overcome the fear in their hearts, during the siege, the slaves kept yelling and shouting with various weapons.
In this way, they drove away the fear and fear in their hearts and emboldened themselves.
At the same time, they also did all kinds of vicious things. and cruel expressions to intimidate the Byzantines guarding the city, hoping that this would make the enemies afraid and unable to display their combat effectiveness.
Zhao Ziliang led the generals on horseback to watch the slaves attacking the city from behind.
Wei Gao stood beside him and said: "It's strange that these slaves are so brave and not afraid of death.
Could it be that they are born without fear of life and death?"
Xuan Shiwu smiled and said: "How can it be?
No one can be without fear of life and death.
The reason why these people are not afraid of death is simply because the king drives them with profit.
One is to die, the other is to live, and they can still get fields while alive. , freedom, if it were you, you would attack the city without fear of death."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and seemed to acquiesce to Xuan Shiwu's statement.
He said to everyone: "This big cannibal named Amut also has two brushes.
He can actually drive these slaves and make them fight.
He is quite capable." of" Marching Sima Chen Qing laughed and said: "Your Majesty's love for talents has been violated again."
Wei Gao said: "Your Majesty, this Amut is a big cannibal.
Moreover, although our war with the big cannibal has stopped temporarily, it is not over yet.
I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to win his loyalty.
Could it be that your Majesty Don’t worry about him rebelling” Zhao Ziliang said: "Those who achieve great things must have a broad mind.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been many famous generals from foreign races.
Our Tang Dynasty can be powerful all over the world and make the world surrender.
These famous foreign generals and their tribesmen are all We cannot deny their achievements.
The past emperors were able to appoint foreign generals, why can't I?
Moreover, there are many foreign generals in our Western Qin Army.
Aren't they all loyal to me and Western Qin now?
Why can I use them but not the cannibals?
There is a great man named Luo Yuanguang in the Central Plains court.
He is very talented.
He is a Persian.
Our Tang Empire and Western Qin State are in the situation they are today because they broke through the door.
Regardless of racial boundaries, we must make good use of talents, treat talents well, and use talents in an eclectic way.
No matter who he is, as long as he is talented and loyal to me and the Western Qin Kingdom, we must trust and reuse him."
Among the generals present there were also generals from ethnic minorities.
After hearing Zhao Ziliang's words, everyone was quite moved and convinced.
They all clasped their fists and bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise."
More than two hundred people guarded a huge castle.
The troops were too thin and sparse.
The slaves who attacked the city had a large number of ladders.
They kept attacking around the castle, and waves of people took over the attack.
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These people seemed to be desperate for their lives.
Some of them climbed up the city wall and rushed directly towards the defenders.
One person knocked over several people and carried out a suicidal attack.
This created an opportunity for the slaves who climbed up behind. .
More and more slaves climbed up the city wall.
Some of them fought with the defenders.
Some abandoned their sickles and kitchen knives and picked up the Byzantine weapons on the ground to join the battle group.
These slaves hacked and killed without any rules or moves.
They were completely desperate.
They ignored the enemy's weapons and allowed them to be struck by the enemy's weapons.
At the same time, they stabbed the enemy with their weapons and fought for their lives.
Now the Byzantines could not stop themselves.
Before dusk, the castle was captured.
The remaining Byzantines had to retreat into the city.
A large number of slaves entered the city from the city wall.
The gate of the castle was also opened.
The remaining Byzantines surrendered in the castle.
A total of There were more than thirty people, and all the others were killed.
The prisoners were taken into custody by the Western Qin Army.
More than 300 slaves were killed and more than 100 were injured.
There were still more than 700 people left.
The injured slaves and other slaves, a total of more than 800 people, were all concentrated in the castle.
In the open space, a passage is left in the middle leading to the main keep of the castle.
Zhao Ziliang rode a war horse and walked in from outside the castle surrounded by guards and generals.
They began to walk through the passage towards the main castle.
When they reached the middle of the passage, Zhao Ziliang pulled the reins and stopped, and the army behind him also stopped.
Looking at the Dashi slaves and Persian slaves on the left and right, Zhao Ziliang said: "Very good, you have fulfilled the deal, and I will abide by my promise, come here."
A civil servant trotted over and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the villain is here."
Zhao Ziliang pointed at this civil servant and said to all the slaves: "This official will lead people to measure the acres of land and give each of you a piece of land.
The families of the wounded and the deceased will also receive monetary rewards.
I am now Proclaim that you are from now on free men."
The slaves knelt down and shouted: "Thank you, sir" "Now that the deal is completed, you can return home after putting down your weapons.
Your families are waiting for you outside.
If you are willing to join my army and follow me in combat, I will welcome you and pay you generous military pay.
Your My family will be exempted from corvee service, and there are many Persians and cannibals in my army who are willing to serve me."
Most people chose to leave to reunite with their families.
Only a few people stayed, including Amut.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "It seems that you people are willing to join my army and fight with me.
I want to ask." , are you doing it for military pay or something else?"
Amut replied: "Sir, military salary is only one aspect.
We don't know how much military salary you will give us, but you are a person who keeps your promise.
You did not break your promise because of the unequal status between us.
You can totally They killed us all after the city was broken, but you didn’t do that.
I, Amut, am willing to follow you.
These people have no families, and they don’t like to work.
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Fighting with you is a good choice.”
Zhao Ziliang knew that many of the Cannibals were born warriors.
Due to the harsh living environment of the Cannibals, many of them were violent and fearless.
They would rob homes, rob houses, kill people and set fires.
In this era, war was actually a very important thing.
He was not surprised by these people's choice as an important means of livelihood.
It didn't matter who they fought for, as long as they had money and food to eat.
"Very good, your name is Amut, right?
Now I appoint you as a centurion, and you will command these people."
After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he shouted to Obot, the general of the servant army next to him: "General Obot, from now on, Amut will be under your jurisdiction."
Obot immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Yes, your Majesty."
That night, Zhao Ziliang summoned the generals and officials to discuss combat matters in the main castle.
Zhao Ziliang said: "There are many towns, castles and fortresses moving upstream along the Euphrates River.
According to our detailed investigation, these castles and fortresses were built by the Byzantines.
They are very strong and almost all have soldiers."
If we want to take over Syria, we must dismantle these castles and fortresses one by one, but If the Eastern Roman Empire mobilizes troops from Syria and Canaan to engage in a large-scale decisive battle with our army, it will be much easier for us.
We have just entered Syria not long ago, and the follow-up actions of the Eastern Roman Empire have not yet arrived, but we don’t have to Regardless of their reaction, we first pull out these fortresses along the traffic arteries.
They If they send troops to us for a decisive battle, we naturally don't want it.
If they want to defend, we will attack the city one by one.
If we can use slaves, we will use slaves.
Anyway, it is free.
There are several streams in the Euphrates River, and there are rich water and grass along its banks.
The land is also a fertile land, and there are troops from the Eastern Roman Empire stationed there.
We sent some troops Capture those fortresses along these tributaries.
If the Eastern Roman Empire makes new moves, I will send people to summon you.
Now I will assign tasks, and those who receive the tasks will take their own troops to attack the city. , the advancement speed must be fast, don’t delay, the faster the speed, the more likely it will be to force the Eastern Roman Empire to send troops to fight with us.”
All the generals said in unison: "Please give the order, your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang immediately assigned tasks to the general.
The task of conquering the city was mainly carried out by the servant army and slaves.
Zhao Ziliang led the cavalry and 20,000 main infantry to march along the Euphrates River towards Beroea.
The generals who received the task took their own troops to attack the city and captured the territory.
They also distributed the siege tasks of each castle or fortress to the generals below, and each general led his people to attack separately and at the same time.
This speed was undoubtedly Much faster.
The Eastern Roman Army was to garrison the entire land of Syria and Canaan.
The 50,000 people were scattered across the castles and fortresses.
Most of the troops are still concentrated in some major towns, such as Berroea, Damascus, Jerusalem, Beirut, Homs, Amman and other places.
The Western Qin Army attacked the city very quickly.
In less than a month, by the end of December, almost all the castles, fortresses and towns in northeastern Syria and east of Lake Assad were captured by the Western Qin Army.
The main force of the army suffered almost no losses, and the only losses were some slaves and servants.
Nicerus, the governor of Syria in the Eastern Roman Empire, originally planned to use fortresses, castles, and cities to resist the attack of the Western Qin Army.
However, he did not expect that the Western Qin Army would advance so fast.
In just one month, he conquered all of the northeastern part of the country.
After taking it, he could no longer sit still.
On the one hand, he sent someone to report to Constantinople.
On the other hand, he decided to lead his army to fight against the Western Qin army.
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At the same time, he also sought support from the Eastern Roman Empire army in Canaan.
In the first month of 777 AD, the two sides encountered each other at Lake Assad, and a war officially broke out
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