When Zhao Ziliang set off from Xinjing with the Ci Pei Army, the three prisoner armies of more than 80,000 people in the Tocharo Protectorate had already set off first.
On the march, Zhao Ziliang asked everyone to conduct a rapid march training.
He told the Ci Pei Army The physical fitness and endurance of the soldiers They were still not satisfied with their physical strength, so they decided to improve their physical fitness and endurance during this march to North Africa.
This distance was not close, and it was just the right time to train their physical fitness and endurance, so that they could retreat in time even if they were defeated in the future.
Being overtaken by pursuers.
According to Zhao Ziliang's offensive strategy, attack North Africa first and then Europe.
To attack Europe, attack the Eastern Roman Empire first.
Only by defeating the Eastern Roman Empire can we enter the hinterland of Europe.
In the north, the Western Qin Kingdom has been slowly expanding westward in the Khazar Protectorate.
The living environment of the Mordovans, East Slavs and Maza people in the west has been greatly tested.
In the Khazar Protectorate of the Western Qin Under the step-by-step encroachment by the border troops, the living space of the Mordovans, East Slavs and Magyars became increasingly narrow, and their strength was not as good as that of the Western Qin army, so they were forced to move further west.
More and more barbarian tribes are gathering in the hinterland of Europe.
Even the living space of the Baltic and Polot people living on the east coast of the Baltic Sea is gradually being compressed by the northwest frontier army of the Western Qin Dynasty.
They are often attacked by the Western Qin invaders.
Harassed by cavalry, they also began to migrate to the center of Europe.
During the march, various intelligence from the Western world was continuously collected into Zhao Ziliang's hands.
Liu Mingyang is now in charge of Dongchang affairs.
He used to be the deputy governor of Dongchang.
After Wang Can reached the age of station, Zhao Ziliang asked him to replace Wang Can in charge of Dongchang.
He also transferred Wan Qingming, a commanding officer from Jinyiwei, as deputy governor to assist Liu Mingyang.
During this Western Expedition, Zhao Ziliang recruited Wan Qingming to his side to provide intelligence support from North Africa and Europe for this Western Expedition.
After listening to Wan Qingming's intelligence summary, Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Europe is getting more and more lively.
Barbarians from all directions are rushing towards Europa.
Why don't they start fighting?"
Wan Qingming was not a spy, but he also worked in intelligence collection in Jinyiwei and was very good at managing espionage operations.
This is why Zhao Ziliang transferred him to Dongchang as deputy governor.
Wan Qingming raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the current situation in Europa is indeed a mess.
It is very chaotic.
They have not broken out large-scale conflicts or wars.
I analyze that it is because we, Western Qin, put too much pressure on them in the north.
Even the Black Sea The Pechenegs and Bulgars on the West Bank are feeling tremendous pressure.
The minister thought that if we want them to fight, we in Western Qin must relax the situation in the border areas.
It is best to stop using rangers to harass the barbarians in the west.
If we, Western Qin, continue to attack the barbarians in the west, Increased pressure may well lead to them forming an alliance to fight us."
Li Muchen stood up and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Master Wan's opinion is not unreasonable.
Your Majesty, I believe that since we have decided to attack North Africa first, we should stop the military operations in the north first and instead divide and disintegrate the barbarians.
Let them fight for each other's territory, kill each other, and arouse their hatred."
Zhao Ziliang rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then said to Chen Qing: "Give the Plateau Army an order to stop all large and small military operations against the East Slavs, Mordovans, Magyars and Pechenegs.
However, the vigilance cannot be relaxed, and daily border patrols and routine defense changes will continue as usual.”
Chen Qing clasped her fists and agreed: "I obey the order."
During the first Western Expedition, Zhao Ziliang led his army to destroy the Kimak Khanate, defeated the Kipchaks, and forced the Pechenegs to move westward.
He also destroyed the Khazar Khanate and made the territory of Western Qin and the Eastern Roman Empire separate.
The empire is only separated by a small Black Sea and occupies a vast expanse of land in the north, giving the Western Qin Kingdom countless minerals, forests and river resources.
During the second Western Expedition, Zhao Ziliang divided it into two steps.
In the first step, he first captured the Persian region of the Great Shi Country, which greatly damaged the military strength of the Great Shi Country and at the same time lost its main recruiting areas; in the second step, he defeated the Great Shi Country in one fell swoop.
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They conquered the Great Food Country and captured most of its land, leaving the remnants of the Great Food Country to huddle in the North Africa region on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and survive.
This time, Zhao Ziliang called this Western Expedition the Third Western Expedition.
His strategic plan was divided into three steps: the first step was to capture North Africa, eliminate the remaining forces of the Great Food Kingdom, and at the same time alienate the barbarians in the north. , let them kill each other; the second step is to destroy the Eastern Roman Empire; the third step is to control the Balkan Peninsula with the Thrace region where the Eastern Roman Empire is located, Then marching into the interior of Europe, which will inevitably lead to the compression of the living space of the Bulgars and Avars.
The Frankish Kingdom in the west is also expanding eastward at this time, forcing the Bulgars, Avars and Pegasus in Eastern Europe.
The Chenegs, Magyars, and East Slavs went west to attack the Frankish Kingdom until they destroyed the Franks and occupied all of Europe.
Mahdi led the remnant forces of the Great Food Kingdom to retreat in North Africa and had been fighting against the Western Qin for nearly ten years.
During this period, the Western Qin did not want to send troops again to eliminate the Mahdi.
Due to the military restraint of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Asia Minor Peninsula, Mahdi Di and Irina shared intelligence about Xi Qin, allowing the two sides to provide timely support.
This allowed Xi Qin to not gain an obvious upper hand in the ten-year military confrontation.
This is why Zhao Ziliang This was one of the reasons why I decided to fight in person.
Marching is always tedious and boring.
Crossing deserts, salt swamps and plateau areas is not difficult for the assassination army.
The training in the past few years has included marching and camping in the desert.
The soldiers of the assassination army We have long been accustomed to surviving in various environments.
Just as the prisoner army, slave army of the Western Qin Dynasty and the assassination army of the Tang Dynasty were marching towards Persia, the news had spread.
The spies planted by the Eastern Roman Empire in the Western Qin Dynasty were informed by the Western Qin Dynasty that a large number of troops were mobilized to the western border.
The news was immediately reported to Constantinople in a special way.
Irina, who was in the Grand Palace of Constantinople, soon received the report.
At this time, she was actively preparing to use troops against the Bulgars in the north, but she did not expect that the Western Qin Dynasty would send troops again at this time.
This could not but make her feel extremely Annoyed, angry and frustrated.
In the main hall of the Grand Palace, Irina looked livid after listening to the intelligence minister's report and looked at the officials and asked: "Masters, what should you do about this matter?"
Alexius, the commander of the Western Armenian Military Region, happened to be reporting on his duties in Constantinople.
He stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think we should first find out who the Western Qin troops are going to attack this time before we can decide on the next arrangements. " Irina asked: "Who do you think their target will be, the Eastern Roman Empire or the Mahdi in North Africa?"
"Judging from the march route of the Western Qin Army, their target of attack should be the Mahdi.
If the Western Qin wants to attack us, they don't actually have to take this route.
They can attack our country in Asia Minor from the Khazar Protectorate and the northwest direction of Persia.
To launch an attack on the peninsula’s territory” The ministers nodded after hearing this, thinking that Alexius's analysis was very reasonable.
The people of Western Qin would not be stupid enough to deliberately take detours.
The extra distance would not be one or two miles, but nearly a thousand miles. .
Emperor Nicephorus stood up and said to Irina: "Your Majesty, no matter who the Western Qin sends troops to attack this time, there are only two possibilities, either our Eastern Roman Empire or the remnants of the Mahdi.
I think Someone should be sent immediately to tell Mahdi to let him We must be prepared to resist the enemy.
At the same time, we need to discuss the details of joining forces with the Mahdi to resist the enemy.
In the past ten years, our two families have joined forces to resist Western Qin's attacks many times, and each time we have not allowed Western Qin to take advantage. , I think we can do the same this time."
Nicephorus was the younger brother of Leo IV and the uncle of the current Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VI.
He was quite prestigious among the royal family and his ability to do things was also very good.
Thanks to his help over the years , otherwise Irina would not have such an easy life.
Irina smiled and said to Nicephorus: "Forus, you are very talented in diplomacy.
This time, you will be responsible for discussing with the Mahdi to jointly defend the enemy.
What do you think?"
"Forus obeys His Majesty's orders" When Nicephorus took a sea ship across the Mediterranean and arrived at Alexandria, it was already half a month later.
Only then did he get the specific news.
It turned out that the Western Qin army was coming for the Mahdi, but Nicephorus did not let it go.
He thought that this visit was in vain.
On the contrary, he believed that his visit to North Africa could strengthen the joint cooperation between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Mahdi.
Five days later, Nisei and his party arrived at Kahale, which would become Cairo in later generations.
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The Mahdi Palace was located in Kahale.
This time Nisei came, and the Mahdi sent his ministers to greet him outside the city.
He was in the palace A banquet was held and preparations were made to entertain Nisei.
The news brought by Nisei surprised Mahdi.
Over the years, Western Qin has been attacking at intervals, and the contact between the two sides has long been interrupted.
Both sides have banned business travelers from entering the other side's defense area.
Therefore, the news is extremely blocked.
If Nisei had not come to report the news, , I'm afraid he won't even know about it after the West Qin Army arrives.
Mahdi was very nervous about the large number of troops mobilized by the Western Qin Army, especially when he heard that there were hundreds of thousands of troops this time.
This made Mahdi and other ministers take a breath, and the two sides immediately discussed how to unite.
Defend the enemy.
After discussion, the two sides decided that Mahdi would lead the army to defend the enemy from the front, and the Eastern Roman Empire would send troops.
Some of them would be sent to the borders of East and West Armenia to create pressure on the Western Qin.
The other part would be escorted by a naval fleet to attack the Sinai Peninsula, Syria and Palestine.
Carry out attacks on the coastline, and if there is an opportunity, they can land to destroy the food routes and logistics supply lines of Western Qin
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