Zhao Ziliang put on his clothes and walked out of the hall.
His face was as dark as water, and he was thinking as he walked.
It was obvious that Propia did not really know the whereabouts of Leo V.
She knew very well that he wanted to know about Leo V.
His whereabouts, so I just used it as a pretense to get close to him.
As he was walking, a eunuch quickly came up to him and saluted: "Your Majesty, Wan Qingming, the governor of the East Factory, would like to see you."
Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, thinking that there was some progress on Wan Qingming's side.
He immediately waved his hand and said: "Xuan" "promise" After walking for a while, Wan Qingming came from the front and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "See your Majesty."
"Excuse me."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and asked: "Wan Qing came to see Gu today.
Could it be that he has the whereabouts of Leo V?"
Wan Qingming said: "Your Majesty has a keen eye.
After these few days of interrogation, and the Wei ministers used some tricks on Hamiel, he couldn't handle it anymore, and he just took action."
"Where is Leo V?"
Wan Qingming returned: "According to Hamiel's account, two days before Constantinople was captured by our army, Leo V wanted Hamiel to protect the queen and the prince by boat to Macedonia, and he led the The army defended Constantinople, but was persuaded by Hamiel to stay in his place and lead the army to resist our army's attack on the city.
In the middle of the night that year, he took the queen and the prince to the navy under the protection of three thousand praetorian guards.
Fleet bound for Macedonia" "Oh no wonder when our army captured the Constantine naval port after the city was broken, there were not many naval ships in the port.
It turned out that they ran away with Leo V and his family."
Zhao Ziliang frowned, and then said doubtfully: "Since then From Constantinople to Macedonia, both sea and land routes are within the control of our army.
How can they get there?"
Wan Qingming said: "According to Hamiel's account, Leo V planned to take a fleet to north-central Greece, land at Aspro, and then pass through north-central Greece and enter Macedonia.
They have 3,000 praetorian guards.
If there is no If blocked, it would only take a few days to reach Macedonia.”
Zhao Ziliang calculated in his conscience and said: "It has been four days since the city was broken, which means they have been setting off for six days.
I am afraid that they have landed now.
Now it is too late to order the deployment of troops to intercept them.
Send a message to the Egyptian Legion.
Report this news, and once Leo V and his Praetorian Guards are discovered, they will immediately send troops to intercept and kill them, and do not let anyone go."
"According to the order," the eunuch agreed and then turned around and left to convey the order.
Zhao Ziliang signaled to Wan Qingming, and the two of them walked in the imperial garden between the palaces.
Zhao Ziliang put his hands behind his back and asked, "Do you have any ideas about the future direction of Dongchang's work?"
Wan Qingming said: "I have already thought about it.
Next, I want to focus on two directions.
One is to increase the control of central and northern Italy, Macedonia and Dalmatia west of Greece, the Bulgar Khanate, the northern tribes, and The Frankish Kingdom’s intelligence spying and infiltration efforts, and the other is to send more manpower to monitor all soldiers and civilians in the occupied areas who are resisting and hostile to our army.”
Zhao Ziliang nodded: "Okay, it seems you have a mature idea, just do it like this."
"yes" "Where has Wei Gao's army hit so far?"
Wan Qingming said: "There was news a few days ago that Wei Gao's army has advanced to Haskovo.
With General Wei Gao's temperament, he will definitely lead his army directly to Sedika."
Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Report immediately if there is any news."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Plovdiv.
Except for Sedica, Plovdiv has the largest population in the entire Thracian region, and the city size is much larger than other towns.
The Maritsa River crosses it.
The surrounding terrain is flat, irrigation is convenient, and food production is high, so this place This area is also the most productive area in the entire Thracian region.
It is also the only way from Constantinople to Sedica.
Wei Gao's army advanced rapidly and steadily.
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The feudal lords of the Thrace Military District of the Eastern Roman Empire in Sedica felt an unprecedented crisis.
Once the Western Qin army captured Plovdiv, they could directly attack Sedica and Sedica.
The distance between Ka and Plovdiv is only 240 miles, which is too close.
The Western Qin army can reach the city within a few days.
In order to prevent Sedica from directly facing the threat of the Western Qin Army, the Thracian Military District General Batannikos led an army of 20,000 people to Plovdiv, preparing to end the myth of the Western Qin Army's invincibility here.
The entire Thrace Military District has a total of 40,000 troops.
In order to prevent the invasion of the Bulgars from the north, the Eastern Roman Empire previously listed the Thrace Military District as one of the most important military districts, with the number of garrisoned troops ranking first among all military districts.
There are a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses, of which more than 10,000 are directly deployed at the fortress passes along the Balkan Mountains.
Half of the remaining 10,000 are stationed in Sedica, and the other 5,000 are stationed in various places in Thrace.
However, since Constantinople changed emperors several times and the political situation became unstable, each military region began to do its own thing, especially when it came to garrison issues.
Each military region began to privately recruit soldiers and train them.
The Thrace Military Region privately Twenty thousand soldiers were recruited, more than doubling the number of troops.
However, due to the short training time and the fact that they had not seen blood on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of this group of soldiers was still far behind that of the previous veterans.
This time, among the 20,000 horses Battanicus brought, 10,000 were new soldiers.
These 10,000 new soldiers were all infantry, and they could only be used as infantry.
They could be replenished after they were used up.
Once the cavalry was used up, it would not be possible for a while.
A worthy addition.
As soon as the army entered the city of Plovdiv, a cavalry galloped from the east.
In a blink of an eye, he ran to Batannikos who had not yet entered the city and reported: "Report to your Excellency, General, the army of the Western Qin Dynasty has set off from Haskovo."
Well, with their marching speed, it only takes two to three days to get here."
Batannicus's face changed, and the sense of urgency in his heart increased sharply.
There were only two to three days left.
His army had just arrived and had not yet rested.
He did not have time to inspect the city wall defenses, nor did he check the food and supplies in the city.
Whether the defense equipment is complete, he has not yet decided whether to defend the city or go out to fight.
There is not much time left for him.
Batannicus immediately shouted: "Speed up and enter the city!"
On the banks of the Maritsa River, the Western Qin Army camp.
Wei Gao stood in the tent looking at the map and meditating.
A cavalryman galloping towards him stopped at the entrance of the tent.
He dismounted and walked into the tent, clasping his fists and saying: "General, the brothers in the scout camp have received news.
One day ago The general of the Thracian military region, Batenicius, led an army of 20,000 troops and entered Plovdiv.
It seemed that he was preparing to block us in Plovdiv."
Wei Gao raised his head and asked: "Have you figured out the situation of the 20,000 troops?"
"There are 10,000 newly recruited soldiers, all of them infantry.
Among the 20,000 horses, there are 5,000 cavalry."
Wei Gao walked out from behind the table and shouted to the outside: "Come here, summon the generals to discuss matters."
Before long, more than a dozen generals and military officials gathered in the Chinese army's tent.
Wei Gao told the generals and officials the newly obtained news, and then said: "You generals and adults thought that Batonic Will Wusi stay in the city and defend it, or will he go out to fight our army?"
General Jiang Chengwu stood up and said: "Our army has a total strength of 150,000, while the enemy's army has a maximum of 25,000.
There is a huge difference in strength.
It is too passive to defend the city.
The maximum strength of the Thracian army is only 40,000.
Excluding Guard various places and the Bulgars in the north Yes, there are almost no extra troops that can be mobilized for reinforcements, and the city of Plovdiv is not tall and strong.
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Once it is besieged and attacked by our army, there will be no reinforcements and we can only be trapped and die in the city.
If it were me, I would never be Trapped in the city and waiting to die.”
General Xu Zhen stood up and expressed a different view: "The last general thinks that the possibility of Batannicus going out to fight our army is extremely slim.
Unless he is kicked in the head by a donkey, he will never go out to fight."
Zhao Lei, who was sitting next to Wei Gao, asked: "Oh, why?"
Zhao Lei is the Supreme King.
This time he came with the army and had no combat mission.
He only held the official position of an advisor to the army.
He usually did not speak casually in military discussions and rarely took the initiative to express opinions on the war.
But Wei Gao Generals and officials cannot ignore his existence.
Strategies, tactics and operational deployments will all be made after asking for his opinion.
After all, he is also the Supreme King.
Even though he has abdicated, anyone who dares to ignore his existence will definitely be disgusted.
I am living impatiently.
Xu Zhen clasped his fists and said: "The last few days, I have asked someone about Batannicus.
He is cautious by nature.
He has been quite law-abiding in previous battles.
He has a wide network of contacts in the officialdom and rarely makes enemies.
How could such a person risk going out of the city to face our army?"
"Furthermore, precisely because of the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us, it is even more impossible for him to go out of the city to fight.
Since ancient times, if you want to defeat the strong with the weak, it is nothing more than making use of the power of water and fire, the cold of frost, and the danger of the terrain.
Other than that, Besides, in the face of absolute strength, all plots and tricks are useless.
It is March in spring, and there is no fire. , the water has not risen, the temperature has begun to warm up, and the cold of frost cannot be used.
This area is flat for hundreds of miles, and it is impossible to take advantage of the dangers of the terrain.
How can he defeat us with just courage?
Okay?
You must know that courage also needs to be practiced.
Half of his men are new recruits.
There is nothing they can do to defeat us."
Zhao Lei did not expect that Xu Zhen would conduct such an in-depth analysis of this matter.
Xu Zhen was not a general, nor did he have a family background.
He gradually rose from the rank of soldier.
The Western Qin State relied on military force to build a country, and used talents regardless of their origins.
There were not a few soldiers who were promoted to generals based on their military exploits, but not many reached the level of Xu Zhen.
Zhao Lei began to appreciate Xu Zhen's talent and quickly asked: "What?"
Xu Zhen said: "Batanicus has five thousand cavalry under his command, and Thrace is their back garden.
In recent years, many generals in the West have begun to learn the tactics of our Western Qin Kingdom.
In the end, the generals are worried about Batanicus."
Wusi sent cavalry to fight guerrillas with us.
Not to mention anything else, if they just harassed our grain roads, we wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
After all, the 150,000 troops consume countless amounts every day.
Once the grain roads are harassed by their light cavalry, the consequences will be very difficult.
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