After the army passed Adrianople, they formed a queue of more than ten miles on the march.
Flags were flying in the queue, horses neighed, and weapons and armor collided with each other.
Unless they were marching in a hurry, the Western Qin Army would On the march Cheng Zhong always immersed himself in the journey, and the singing and jokes never stopped in the team.
This would not make the sergeants look dull, and it could also maintain and improve morale.
A good mental outlook would help the soldiers relieve tension before the war. mood.
As the sergeants sang, Zhao Ziliang and several ministers accompanying the army sat on horseback and talked while marching, "Tell me, who will be the commander-in-chief of the joint military deployment of the Western countries this time?"
Li Muchen held up his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if my guess is correct, this position of coach should belong to Charlie.
The year before last, he went to Rome to support Pope Leo III, causing Pope Leo III to fully support him, and gave him the support in Rome.
He held a coronation ceremony and called him the last Roman after the fall of the Roman Empire.
He was the emperor of the Romans, both in terms of power and reputation.
In general, he was an undisputed candidate for commander-in-chief.
Pope Leo III did not understand military affairs.
Leo V had the name of emperor but no longer had the actual status of emperor.
Krum of the Bulgar Khanate was weak.
At one point, other Christian kingdoms cannot match it in terms of strength or reputation.
Under such circumstances, I can’t think of anyone else who can be the commander-in-chief besides him.”
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, only if Charlie is the commander-in-chief, others will have no objections.
You have never met Charlie, but you should all have heard of his war deeds.
He is an opponent worthy of attention.
By the way, how far has the government construction in the Thracian-occupied area reached?"
Li Muchen replied: "Everything has been completed at the township level, and now we are starting to move to the village level."
"It seems that the administrative management of the occupied area of Thrace is going relatively smoothly, so I can rest assured, and the possibility of our logistics line being cut off has been reduced by half."
Wangsun Zhao Kai next to him asked: "Grandpa, why do we have to work so hard to establish a logistics supply line?
If there is a shortage of food and grass, just forcefully collect it from the local occupied areas.
If not, just send troops to grab it.
Anyway, the people in these occupied areas It’s not like I, the people of the Western Qin Dynasty” Zhao Ziliang glanced at Zhao Kai and said: "So you can't be a king.
At most, you can only be a general.
If it's not to occupy this land, why should we fight if we want to rule this land?
We must treat this land well."
Only when the people on the land regard them as their own subjects can Let them accept our rule willingly.
Excessive killing, plundering and exploitation can only occupy for a while, but cannot rule for a lifetime.
If you want them to regard themselves as Western Qin people, they must have a sense of belonging.
It is best to treat everyone equally. method, maybe we should give them more favorable conditions.”
Zhao Kai was a little unconvinced and retorted: "Grandpa, you said you shouldn't kill too hard.
I don't agree.
I think it's very simple to make them willing to surrender.
That is to kill.
Kill them so that they are afraid and kill them so that they dare not resist. , I don’t dare to have any different intentions.
It’s very simple to completely get this land, just kill all the original residents here and move our people here.”
Zhao Ziliang looked at Zhao Kai and couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Maybe you think this is very simple, and killing people is also very simple, but grandpa tells you, this is not simple.
It is easy to kill one person, but it is easy to kill ten, a hundred, or a thousand."
Simple, even killing ten thousand people, one hundred thousand, one million people is not difficult, but if you want to kill everyone here, it is not easy It's easy.
First of all, the army is just an army, not an executioner.
Even an executioner will kill someone until he becomes weak and timid.
The sergeants are also human beings.
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They also have thoughts and consciences.
If they kill too many people, their thoughts will change.
Changes have occurred.
The reason why the army needs military discipline is to control them and prevent them from killing people randomly. , if the sergeants have the idea of why they want to kill those innocent people, the army will lose control.
The butcher knife is most deterrent when it is raised.
Once it is cut down, its power will be gone.
If we Carry out large-scale killings here, and the news will spread quickly.
They know that they will not survive.
Everyone They will all pick up weapons, hoes, shovels, and sticks to rise up.
They already have the will to die in their hearts.
Such a team cannot be defeated by any army.
After all, the sergeants of the army are still human beings, and they are instinctively afraid of death.
However, People who are determined to die are not afraid of death.
One is afraid of death and the other is not afraid of death.
Who do you think will win?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang sighed: "In war, what we fight is the people's hearts.
When attacking a city, why do we have to surround three and one is missing?
It is to ensure that the defenders of the city are never surrounded when they feel that they cannot defend it.
Escape and weaken their determination to resist.
Once you have the four The gates facing the city are blocked, and the people in the city can neither surrender nor have any hope of escaping.
They will hold on to a few backers even if they have to.
How much do you think it will cost to capture a city?
What do you want to do?
A good general, but far from it, boy."
While he was talking, Duan Wei and several people in strange clothes galloped over from a distance.
When they arrived nearby, Duan Wei left a few people waiting a mile away.
He rode alone and ran to Zhao Ziliang to report: " Your Majesty, people are coming.”
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky and ordered: "Go down with the order and set up camp on the spot."
"Yes, Your Majesty" the herald immediately conveyed the order to camp on the spot.
Zhao Ziliang ordered Duan Wei again: "Bring him here."
Several soldiers quickly set up a tent on the spot.
As soon as Zhao Ziliang sat on the pony inside, Duan Wei came in with a man.
The man bowed to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Dubosare pays homage to your majesty."
"Get up.
Someone bring him a horse."
Zhao Ziliang and Du Bosare sat down and said, "This time Gu sent people to call you here because it's time for you to come in handy."
Dubosare immediately said: "Ready to serve His Majesty at any time."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "How many people do you have now?"
Dubosare replied: "There are more than 8,000 strongholds in various places in the Balkan Mountains."
Zhao Ziliang thought about it, walked to the map to study it, turned around and said to Dubosare: "Well, recently Krum, the Khan of the Bulgar Khanate, may lead his army southward into the Thracian region.
I want you to stay in Krum After leading the army south, he gathered 6,000 people to raid Wabbitsa Pass.
As long as Wabbitsa Pass was captured, other places in the Balkan Mountains would be destroyed.
All other passes are not a problem.
Without the support of this large fortress, other passes cannot obtain supplies and will not last long.
They can be conquered quickly with only a small number of troops.
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After capturing these passes, all you have to do is hold on to them.
These passes will not allow Krum to lead his army back to the Bulgar Khanate.
I will send people to assist you."
Dubosare promised: "I understand, I will rush back overnight to make preparations."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Don't worry, the person to help you hasn't come yet.
You can rest here for one night and wait for the person to help you to come tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Your Majesty"
More than ten days later, during the march, some people came to see Zhao Ziliang one after another.
Zhao Ziliang received them one by one.
These people were the leaders of the Slavic and Avars tribes who came from various places.
Zhao Ziliang was there.
During the meeting with these leaders, they formed an alliance with them and agreed to deal with the Western coalition forces together.
Zhao Ziliang promised that as long as they defeated the Western Allied Forces, they would give each tribe a piece of territory as their own territory for their people to thrive.
On the second day of September, Zhao Ziliang led an army to Plovdiv.
At this time, Plovdiv had gathered 100,000 troops, and 50,000 troops were stationed in various occupied areas of Thrace.
Together with the 100,000 troops brought by Zhao Ziliang, the total was There are 200,000 troops available for war.
In the official office in Plovdiv city, Wei Gao introduced the current situation to Zhao Ziliang: "According to the latest news, the Frankish army of 80,000 has passed the Iron Gate Pass, and is led by Charles himself.
The 8,000 people from Serbia are following behind the Frankish army. ; The pope, a thousand knights and three hundred priests are heading this way in Macedonia and with six thousand people from Dalmatia.
Come; twelve thousand people from Macedonia have entered Thrace under the leadership of Governor Fernand and Leo V; eight thousand people from the Christian countries in northwest Spain have now arrived in Pannonia, ensuring The 40,000 troops of the Ghar Khanate have already entered the Balkan Mountains, and it has been just a few days since they passed through the Balkan Mountains and entered the Thrace region."
Zhao Ziliang nodded, looked at the map hanging next to him and said: "Sedika is surrounded by mountains and numerous passes.
It is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It will still be some time before the coalition forces from the Western countries arrive in Sedica.
If we wait for the coalition forces from the Western countries to arrive, the strength of the troops will With the increase, it will be more difficult for us to penetrate, and they can use the dangerous pass to rest and restore the army's combat strength, while consuming our army's strength.
After a long time, they can launch a counterattack.
Before their various armies arrive, we must capture a pass that can lead us directly to Sedika.
The Wakarela Pass, eighty miles east of Sedika, is not the closest pass, but it is not far away.
It can lead directly to Sadika.
As long as we capture the Vakarela Pass, we can retreat, defend, and advance.
It is also a great threat to the Western coalition forces.
Otherwise, we must always be on guard against their attacks when they leave the pass.
Various towns occupied by our army” The generals in the big tent stood up and saluted and said: "I am willing to lead troops to attack Wakarela Pass."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, going to Vakarela Pass like this will definitely arouse the vigilance and great attention of Batannicus, and he will definitely send heavy reinforcements.
It will be difficult to conquer it head-on in a short time.
So we must We must first find another pass to attack, in order to attract Batanicus's attention.
This pass attracts Batanicus.
The generals think it is best to determine which pass."
After some discussion, Zhao Ziliang identified the pass that attracted attention as the Satsuma Kouka Pass, and dispatched heavy troops to attack the pass head-on.
This combat task was performed by the Black Eagle Legion, in order to attract the attention of the Thracian army
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