The Western Qin Army's long-range bows and arrows are famous all over the world for their lethality and range.
Especially after using the Fuyuan Crossbow and the large bed crossbow, the Eastern Roman infantry's shields were like paper, unable to block them at all.
Crossbow arrows and bed crossbow arrows can kill a dozen soldiers with just one crossbow arrow.
Like sugar-coated haws on a stick, no defensive equipment can remain intact under the attack of this concentrated crossbow arrow.
In less than an hour, all the territory of the Eastern Roman army below the high ground was lost, and the two ditches used for water collection also fell into the hands of the Western Qin army.
After being besieged for a day, the Eastern Romans on the high ground finally endured the attack.
No longer able to live, one could go without food for several days, but one could not go without water for a whole day.
Erechis had to organize his troops to attack the highlands at night and seize control of the two ditches.
After a hard battle, he lost the After a large number of troops, the two ditches were finally recaptured.
After the ditch was recaptured, the Eastern Roman soldiers couldn't wait to get water for drinking.
Unexpectedly, at dawn, all the Eastern Romans, including Erechis, developed diarrhea.
The soldiers, officers and generals all covered their hands.
His stomach was painful and he defecated everywhere, causing the whole highland to sob.
Erechis looked at the mess on the high ground with a miserable face.
The soldiers had long been stretched to the point where their legs were weak and their hands were weak, and they could no longer hold their weapons.
How could they fight?
He originally thought that he wanted to use this high ground to consume the strength of the Western Qin Army.
Unexpectedly, the general of the Western Qin Army soon discovered his intention, and instead of following his previous plan, he launched a siege on his army.
He originally sent people to the southwest to ask for help.
As long as he stayed here for five or six days, when reinforcements from the southwest arrived, he could attack the Western Qin army front and back with his friendly forces.
However, he did not expect that he would be captured before he could survive two days.
After the whole army collapsed, thousands of people lost their combat effectiveness and became lambs to be slaughtered by the Western Qin people.
A Western Qin general galloped from the Western Qin army on a black horse.
Behind him was a large flag.
Behind the flag were dozens of elite knights guarding him.
This Western Qin general was Su Guanglie. , he was wearing steel armor, a feathered helmet on his head, a cape on his shoulders, and a sword hanging on his waist.
He looked majestic.
"Lü" Su Guanglie stopped his horse, raised his palm and waved forward.
A knight rode forward and shouted: "General Erechis, listen, you have lost your combat effectiveness.
If our army launches an attack now, you will have no power to resist and will undoubtedly die.
My general Su Guanglie said, I will give you a quarter of an hour."
It’s time to come down and surrender, otherwise I’ll wait and kill you, and no chickens or dogs will be left alive.”
At this time, Erechis had no choice but to order the soldiers to put down their weapons and line up in long lines to walk down the high ground to surrender.
Su Guanglie immediately ordered the prisoners to be collected, weapons, food, grass and other military supplies to be collected.
The sun was already high in the sky, and the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield.
Su Guanglie was riding on horseback watching the prisoners being led into a specially built camp for guarding, when a fast horse galloped over.
The "Law" knight reined in his horse and stopped, jumped off the horse and took off the baggage on his back.
He took out an order from the baggage and handed it to him with both hands: "General Su, your Majesty has led the Fourth Army to defeat the invading troops from the southwest.
The enemy is currently advancing in the direction of Antalya.
This is your Majesty's order to the general."
Su Guanglie immediately took the order and opened it to read.
A general next to him couldn't help but asked: "General, what does your Majesty's order say?"
Su Guanglie had finished reading the order at this time.
He closed the order and looked at the surrounding generals and said: "Your Majesty plans to divide the troops into two groups.
Your Majesty will personally lead the Guards and the Fourth Army to advance westward along the area south of the western part of the Taurus Mountains.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Order this general to lead the Seventh Army through Tuo The central pass of the Ross Mountains advances northwestward, directly into Ankara, and then the two armies advance together towards Constantinople.
We only have one month to reach the Opushkin Military District to join His Majesty's army, and then march to Constantinople.
"Below Castle" A general nearby pointed at the groups of prisoners being taken away and said: "If this is the case, General, we are afraid that it will be inconvenient to take these prisoners with us, but we must leave some troops to guard them.
If there are still more prisoners along the way, In this area, we will have more and more troops just to guard the prisoners, and fewer and fewer troops will be used to actually fight."
Zhao Ziliang's order came too suddenly, but it was also timely.
The one-month deadline forced Su Guanglie to consider how to deal with these prisoners.
It was obviously not possible to march with the prisoners, and there was no such precedent.
If you keep the prisoners, you must keep them.
In addition to guarding the troops, he also had to consider how to quickly defeat the Eastern Roman army along the way and capture the main cities along the way.
Su Guanglie turned to look at the rows of Eastern Roman prisoners walking past, with a fierce look in his eyes, and immediately ordered: "Execute them all tonight, no one will be spared.
Early tomorrow morning, the army will break camp and set off for Ankara."
All the generals were silent.
The supervisor frowned and asked, "Isn't the general's murderous spirit too strong?
There are thousands of prisoners.
They can be killed at will.
It is easy to be impeached.
You must know that they They all surrendered voluntarily and were not captured by our army.
Killing prisoners of war without authorization has a great impact on the image of our army.
It is best not to give some people an excuse to impeach the general.
I suggest that you submit a copy of the memorial to Your Majesty. , it is better for your Majesty to decide."
Su Guanglie said coldly: "This matter is related to the march and combat.
I am the commander-in-chief and I have the right to decide how to deal with these prisoners.
Besides, it is not for your Majesty to decide on such a sensitive matter as the killing of prisoners.
I am afraid this is not what a minister should do, even if If I want to take the blame, I, Su Guanglie, should be the one to bear the blame.
It is not the behavior of a minister to let the king bear the stigma."
The supervisor's face froze when he heard this, and then he said seriously: "Okay, since the general has decided so, then this decision is made by me and the general together.
If something really happens, I and the general will bear it together."
"Thank you very much."
Su Guanglie clasped his fists at the supervisor, then raised his hand and said, "Have you heard that we are moving tonight, no one will be left behind.
We will prepare food at Mao tomorrow and break camp at Chen."
All the generals clasped their fists together and said: "I obey" The power of laxatives is really incredible.
In the middle of the night, these surrendered Eastern Roman prisoners were all killed without any resistance.
The corpses of thousands of people were all piled up in a large pit, waiting to be filled with soil.
The pit and the bodies were gone, leaving only a large flat surface.
During the subsequent march, although Zhao Ziliang and others encountered some resistance, it was minimal.
The icon worship activities initiated by Irina completely offended the military.
The military nobles in each military region had no intention at all.
Fighting, armaments are useless With the exception of the slightly fierce resistance in the border areas, the armies in other areas of the Asia Minor Peninsula collapsed at the first touch.
Zhao Ziliang led the Western Qin army to easily reach the Opushkin Military District, which is very close to Constantinople. .
The reason why the advance was so fast and the results were so significant was not only that the Eastern Roman army had no intention of fighting, but also mainly because Zhao Ziliang's lightning march plan allowed the Eastern Roman Empire to be defeated before the military districts of the Asia Minor Peninsula had time to react.
The faster the army went, the more frightened and confused the Eastern Roman army became, until Zhao Ziliang's The army did not encounter any decent resistance when it reached the Opushkin Military District.
The armies in each military district were either defeated or surrendered.
Only a few in the city resisted tenaciously, but the ambition after the city was broken made the subsequent conquest go much smoother.
Some cities immediately raised their white flags and surrendered as soon as they saw the Western Qin army appear.
It took a month for Irina to finally organize an army of 50,000 people to cross the strait and enter the Asia Minor Peninsula, preparing to use these 50,000 people to resist the attack of the Western Qin army.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
The commander of this army was a man named Baldanis.
He was the commander of the Anatolia Military Region, and Zhao Ziliang led his army to kill him.
When he came to pass through the Anatolia Military District, this person happened not to be there.
Instead, he met with Queen Irina in Constantinople.
Among the military generals in Constantinople, only Bardanis was pretty good.
Because of his reputation, Irina appointed him to lead the army to the Opushkin Military District to face the Western Qin army.
After receiving the report, Zhao Ziliang immediately summoned the generals and officials accompanying the army to discuss combat matters.
“Is there any logistical problem?”
Dugujun stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, until now, the logistics supply line is still very smooth, but after all, we are not fully prepared.
Other supplies are okay, but there are some difficulties in supplying arrows, crossbows and weapons.
In addition, winter is about to begin.
It’s almost here, but the soldiers’ warm clothing has not yet been provided.”
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and then ordered: "Find a way to raise a batch of wool blankets on the spot, and distribute a blanket to each soldier to wrap them up to keep out the cold.
In extraordinary times, we can only do extraordinary things.
When conditions do not allow it, Soldiers’ clothing and appearance can only be put aside for now.
Food must be fully guaranteed.
You can wear less clothes, but you can’t eat less food.
Only when you are full can you have the strength to fight, and can your body produce enough heat to keep out the cold.”
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will find a way to raise blankets and distribute them as soon as possible."
Zhao Ziliang asked the military intelligence department again: "Is there any news about the situation with Ge Shu Jingye and Wei Gao?"
Wan Qingming stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, currently the main forces of the Eastern Roman Armenian Military Region have retreated to the southern coast of the Black Sea.
They have been compressed into an area with a smaller range of activities led by General Wei Gao and General Geshu.
However, this area The area has high mountains and dense forests, difficult terrain, and many castles and fortresses.
It was difficult for the two generals to deal with these Eastern Roman armies."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Who are the commanders of these Eastern Roman armies?"
"This man's name is Nikephorus.
He is Irina's confidant and one of the officials of the Icon-worshipping sect.
Judging from this man's life experience and his behavior as an official and general, this man is a very talented person. people" Zhao Ziliang nodded, "You can see that, otherwise Wei Gao and Ge Shu Jingye have nearly 70,000 troops and can't do anything to him.
You must know that he only has less than 20,000 people.
Although he took advantage of the geographical advantage, , but it is also a reflection of his outstanding talents.”
At this point, Zhao Ziliang paused and continued: "Okay, that's all for now.
I ordered Ge Shu Jingye and Wei Gao to work steadily and not to rush for success.
I hope they can guarantee me The rear of the army is safe.
Now let’s talk about Baldanis.
Wan Qingming, please introduce Baldanis.”
"Yes, Your Majesty" Wan Qingming agreed and immediately began to introduce Bardanis
.
: