The next day, three Slavs who looked like businessmen came to the Golden Conference Palace after many inspections under the leadership of Li Zongwen.
Zhao Ziliang, who was aloof, watched several people pay homage to him, raised his hands and said calmly: "Pingshen" "Thank you, His Majesty the Great Holy King."
Several people stood up.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "I heard that you three are the best businessmen among the Slavs.
You are businessmen who often travel to various Slavic tribes in the north and south.
You are knowledgeable and familiar with the situation of each Slavic tribe.
I would like to know more about it."
I wonder if you can shed some light on the situation of various tribes in North and South Slavia."
One of the businessmen named Karlovich saluted Zhao Ziliang and said: "Your Majesty the Great Holy King, I am Karlovich, a businessman from the former Principality of Mosa.
I have lived in Moravia since I was a child.
The Principality of Mosa is in It collapsed one hundred and fifty years ago, but Moravia is still under the rule of the West Slavs.
There are now more than a dozen tribes in Moravia, and there are many West Slavs in its west and north.
Among them The most powerful are the Viratabi, the Abodriti, and the Esti."
"Among these tribes, the Viratabi and Busos have been fighting with the Franks for a long time and can be regarded as mortal enemies.
The Abodrites used to be allies of the Franks, but the Franks did not regard them as allies of equal status. , but as slaves to the lower class, which made Abdeliti The people were very angry, so they rose up to resist.
The Esti people lived on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.
The attacks of the Franks broke their peaceful life, and their barbaric nature was aroused.
The Frankish King Charles led the army several times.
We went to attack them, but failed to achieve full success.”
A clerk next to him recorded what Karlovich said at a very fast speed.
This is important information for understanding the situation of Slavs and other tribes.
The second Slavic businessman Fotoniak said: "Dear His Majesty the Holy King, I am a Yugoslavian businessman living in Serbia.
Yugoslavia is also divided into many tribes, most of which live in hills and mountains.
Our people are widely distributed in Asia A large part of the mountainous areas along the coast of the Adriatic Sea has even moved westward to the Alps.
We Slavs believe in many gods.
The West Slavs mainly worship the great god Perron, the East Slavs even more admire the sun god and the god of fire, and the Yugoslavs worship Gods of heaven and water” The third Slav businessman said: "Your Majesty, I am an East Slav living around the Eastern Carpathian Mountains.
The areas near and north of the Carpathian Mountains are the territories where Slavs live, but they are also scattered. into many tribes, but they migrated from the east a few decades ago Many prairie barbarians came.
These people have superb riding and shooting skills.
In the open area, these prairie barbarians galloped on horseback and could easily shoot down our Slavic warriors.
We could only hide in dense forests, dangerous swamps and high mountains. to avoid their attacks."
Zhao Ziliang nodded after listening to the introductions of the three people and said: "Very good.
After listening to what you said, I have a very intuitive understanding of the Slavs.
Now I have one thing that needs the three of you to do.
If you can do it, I can promise the three of you that as long as it is within the jurisdiction of the Western Qin State and within the scope that the power of the Western Qin State can influence, the three of you will be the largest Slavic merchants."
After hearing what Zhao Ziliang said, the three Slavic businessmen looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
The businessman named Fotoniak immediately asked: "I don't know what His Majesty the Holy King wants us to do.
As long as we can do our best, we will do our best.”
Zhao Ziliang said: "Now the Western countries have united and want to send troops to deal with me, Western Qin.
Although this is a bit beyond my expectation, I am not surprised, and I will not be afraid.
In terms of military strength, even if they The number of troops that can be dispatched when combined together is not as large as our Western Qin army."
"I know that the Slavs have been bullied by Western countries for a long time.
Your people live in mountainous areas with poor resources and live in poverty.
Those Roman priests who claim to be civilized people have been trying to change your beliefs.
The Franks and Byzantines have been trying to conquer you.
I will enslave you as slaves.
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They are your enemies, and they are also our enemies.
There is a saying in the East that the enemies of our enemies are our friends.
So we, the Western Qin people and the Slavs are friends.
What do you three think?
" The three people quickly said: "His Majesty the Holy King is absolutely right.
The Slavs and the Western Qin people are friends, and we have a common enemy."
Zhao Ziliang continued: "When I asked the three of you to come here this time, I wanted to ask the three envoys with Gu to return to your place of residence respectively, and help Gu's envoys to convince the leaders of the various tribes of the Slavs to let them Agree to form an alliance with us, and we will deal with these Christian countries together.
As long as we defeat these Western Christian countries, Gu can admit that the Slavs of each tribe can get a large enough plain area as a foothold, and we in Western Qin can compete with the Slavs.
I wonder if you three are willing to strengthen business exchanges."
Three Slavic businessmen arrived immediately: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty the Holy King, this is a great thing, and it is a good thing for both of us.
I think the leaders of our tribes will definitely agree happily. , the Franks, Byzantines, Romans and other tribes have always looked down upon us.
Ladies, bully us Slavs.
Only His Majesty, the great King of Kings, regards us Slavs as friends.
Some of us Slavs are warriors, but we lack the armor and weapons for combat.
As long as His Majesty the Holy King supports some armor and weapons, I think We Slavs do not care to fight for His Majesty's loyalty."
Zhao Ziliang waved his big hand proudly: "What does this mean?
As long as the leaders of the Slavic tribes agree to form an alliance with us, the Western Qin, to deal with the alliance of the Western Christian countries, I will immediately issue an order to allocate weapons, armor and food to support them today."
After you go back together, sit down and prepare, and set off with Gu's envoy in two days.
When you return from successfully completing the mission, Gu will be rewarded."
"I will swear allegiance to His Majesty to the death."
In mid-August, various news came to Constantinople.
The Frankish army had begun to march eastward from the Pannonian Plain.
The Bulgars north of the Balkan Mountains also showed signs of moving southward.
Macedonia, The Eastern Roman Army of the Serbian generation also began to march towards Thrace.
"Are they all starting to move?
It seems that their destination should be in the Thracian region, and it should be near Sedica," Zhao Ziliang said after listening to Wan Qingming's report.
Wan Qingming said: "Yes, your Majesty's calculations indicate that the time when they will join forces in Sedika will be between September 12th and September 18th.
We have received the latest news from our detailed work.
This time Frank sent 80,000 troops.
It can be It is said that this is the largest number of troops that Frank can mobilize at present.
The Papal State has dispatched a thousand Holy See Knights and 300 priests, 12,000 from Macedonia, 8,000 from Serbia, 6,000 from Dalmatia, 8,000 from the Christian kingdoms in northwestern Spain, and 40,000 from the Bulgars The total strength of the army is about 150,000, which is no less than our garrison in Thrace."
Zhao Ziliang walked up and down the hall with his hands behind his back, thinking about the battle strategy.
After a while, he stopped and shouted: "Send a decree to Spain and Greece, and order Fan Xichao and Huangfu Yi to lead their armies to attack the Christian countries in northwest Spain and Machiavellian Dun, Dalmatia, and sent an order to Wei Gao for the Mediterranean fleet to cooperate in the battle, asking him to prepare for the expedition.
He also sent orders to the armies in Constantinople.
Five days later, Gu Yao led his army to personally conquer Thrace and ordered Hu Gao to The Guards, the 5th and 7th Legions went out with me."
"Follow the decree" As Zhao Ziliang's decree was conveyed, Western Qin's powerful war machine quickly started to move again.
Just as Fan Xichao of Spain and Huangfu Yi of Greece were busy preparing food and grass to mobilize the army, the first and second Mediterranean troops of the Western Qin Kingdom The fleet has already been dispatched.
The two fleets have completed their assembly in Crete and headed towards the Adriatic Sea together.
At the westernmost point of the Adriatic Sea, The two fleets of the Frankish Kingdom and the Papal State are stationed in ports such as Venice at the northern end.
The purpose of the Western Qin Mediterranean Fleet this time is to completely eliminate these two fleets and prepare for the Egyptian Legion stationed in Greece to attack Macedonia and Dalmatia. , Only by fully controlling the sea can we launch attacks from land and sea simultaneously.
The defense system of the Western coalition forces that loses coastal defense will soon collapse.
The Third and Fourth Fleets of the Western Qin Mediterranean Fleet had also assembled in Tunisia Port and sailed north.
This time their destination was the Frankish Fleet in the Ligurian Sea.
Including Charles, no one in the Western Christian Alliance thought that the Western Qin first attacked not northern Thrace, nor Spain and Macedonia, but launched an attack on their navy.
Although the fleets of the Franks and the Papal States were alert to the Western Qin Mediterranean army every day, they were still caught off guard by the unexpected Western Qin fleet.
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The two Western Qin Mediterranean fleets arrived in the waters near Venice and Genoa almost at the same time.
Frankish and Papal States fleets blocked the port.
A large-scale battle ensued between the two sides.
The Frankish and Papal State fleets that were blocked in the port could only passively defend and be beaten, unable to avoid the overwhelming arrows, stone bullets and kerosene bombs.
The Western Qin fleet had already put Greece on fire.
Using the weapons of war skillfully, they dispatched many small boats carrying a large number of fire-breathing devices and weapons capable of burning on the water.
Liquid fuel, the main component of Greek fire is volatile oil, which is mixed with some flammable combustion-supporting substances.
Before spitting fire, many soldiers shook the handles to pressurize the device loaded with oil, holding the fire-breathing hand.
Aim the jet at the enemy ship and ignite it, turn on the jet switch, and a long fire dragon rushes towards the enemy ship, and the enemy ship burns in the blink of an eye
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