Zhao Ziliang and Wei Gao led their troops to the highlands the next morning.
As soon as they set up camp, they received news that the cavalry captain who stayed behind had fallen into the trap.
Zhao Ziliang sat on the horse and listened to the report of the cavalry captain, and asked: "Where have these 16,000 coalition troops gone?
Do you know?"
The captain knelt on the ground and replied: "Young general, I don't know where their final destination is, but according to the traces they left, they went to the north.
General, please lead your troops to pursue them.
Please give your permission."
Zhao Ziliang waved: "Bring me the map."
A soldier brought a map and spread it in front of Zhao Ziliang.
Wei Gao stood beside him and pointed at a location on the map with his finger and said: "Your Majesty, our current location is here.
Three hundred miles to the west, we will enter the control area of the Charlie Empire. , the nearest border town is Vinia Castle, about four hundred miles to the north and you enter the Western Carpathian Mountains region."
Zhao Ziliang looked at the map, looked up at the captain who had fallen into the trap and asked: "Captain Chen, are you sure Leo V and the others went north with their army?"
Captain Chen Du said: "Your Majesty, the scouts followed the trail for fifty miles before sending someone back to report.
There will be no mistakes."
Zhao Ziliang turned to look at Wei Gao and asked: "Wei Gao, what do you think of the intention of this 16,000-strong Eastern Roman army and some servants and mercenaries to go to the north?"
Wei Gao thought for a moment and clasped his fists and replied, "Your Majesty, according to the news we have received, Charles and his own troops abandoned Leo V and others, and are now retreating to Bavaria.
They can be said to have gone their separate ways.
Except for the Alps in the south.
Apart from the mountainous areas and the Western Carpathian Mountains in the north and the areas to the north are not under the control of our army, only the French The Rank Empire is a place where they can retreat.
Now that they have fallen out with Charles, they can only retreat to the Alps and the Western Carpathians.
However, the Alps are in the gap between our troops.
Of course we will not The Slavs in this area were hostile, but if Leo V dared to lead his army to withdraw into the Alps, it would be just right.
Being attacked by our army from the north and the south, I think that with Leo V's shrewdness, he would definitely not choose the south, so the only place they could retreat to was to the north.
I think this is a strategic retreat to the west.
Although the Carpathian Mountains area is full of barbarians and a mixture of forces from all sides, it is also an area that our army cannot reach for the time being.
They have in their hands Sixteen thousand people are a force that cannot be ignored.
According to the Eastern Roman officers we captured escorting the civilians, Leo V has integrated these 16,000 people and has the final say and obtained the emperor's approval.
Power, he has these 16,000 to 7,000 people, plus the help of others and his own talents, it is not difficult to open up the situation in that area."
Zhao Ziliang touched his chin, stood up, walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, stopped, glanced at the faces of the ministers and generals in the tent, and asked: "Since Leo V has retreated to the north, does he want to go to West Kali?"
The Erpathian Mountains continue to resist us, what do you think we should do?"
A general stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, of course you must quickly send cavalry to pursue them and prevent them from retreating into the Western Carpathian Mountains."
An official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it won't matter even if they retreat to this area.
There are too many barbarians in that area and the distribution of forces is too complicated.
The reason why we can live in peace now is because this area has experienced a long period of development."
The melee is already in a situation where all forces check and balance each other.
If it is beneficial, If Ao V and others lead their troops to retreat to that area, it will inevitably break the balance of the area.
No one will give their territory to them.
We only need to send people over to clarify the interests and persuade the leaders of the barbarian tribes to let them They sent troops to fight back Leo V and others.
They were desperate, and the final solution could only be destruction."
"The risk of doing this is a bit high."
Li Muchen expressed his thoughts.
He said: "Your Majesty, all lords and generals, as long as there is a slight possibility, I believe that I will do my best to prevent Leo V and others from leading their troops to enter West Kali.
Transatian Mountains region because once they retreated into that area, they became The number is too high.
Leo V himself was extremely talented, plus Leo III and other governors.
There were many talented people among them and among their subordinates.
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No one could guarantee that they would not be able to persuade those barbarians and resolve them.
The hostility towards them may even make those barbarians hostile to us, Western Qin."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "What if it's too late or unable to prevent them from retreating into the area?"
Li Muchen thought for a while and replied: "I thought we could do it in two steps at the same time.
While sending troops to pursue, I also sent a powerful lobbyist to rush to the area.
If our army can catch up with Leo V's army before it retreats into the area, If they are annihilated, the lobbyists sent can act as His Majesty's ambassadors to appease the barbarians in the area, showing that we, Western Qin, have no ill intentions towards them and will not invade their territory; if we If our army cannot catch up and prevent them from retreating into the area, then the lobbyists will have to use their skills to persuade the barbarian leaders to send troops to attack Leo V and others, and we will use whatever method works, and we are not the last resort.
Under such circumstances, it is best not to send troops through this area, because this can easily arouse the vigilance and rejection of the barbarians.
If Leo V and others draw them over, we will lose more than we gain."
After listening to Li Muchen's words, Zhao Ziliang returned to the table with his hands behind his back and looked at the map.
After a while, he raised his head and said: "If I were Leo V, I would choose to stay in day and night during the march, even if someone is chasing me from behind.
Don't be afraid.
As long as I know that the pursuers are catching up, I will choose a place that is conducive to ambush in the middle of the night.
No matter how strong the pursuers are, they will not be able to exert 100% of their strength in the dark. , was ambushed again, The pursuers will definitely be defeated.
Wei Gao, you can lead 10,000 elite cavalry to intercept and kill Leo V and others.
Don't lead the troops to pursue them.
Since their destination has been determined, why don't we be in the front?
Wait for them to send out several sentry teams to detour to these locations as quickly as possible to find their traces and determine their marching route.
Then you get their marching route during the march and then detour to catch them.
Just wait and see.”
Wei Gao cupped his fists and said, "I understand."
There is not much difference between the equipment of the elite light cavalry of the Western Qin and the general light cavalry.
They just have one or two more horses, two pots of bows and arrows, and some bow strings than the general light cavalry.
Don't look at these extra things.
It can give the Western Qin light cavalry a longer time for long-distance raids.
It is not difficult to determine the marching route of Leo V's army.
You only need to find the locations where they camped several times, and you can deduce their general direction.
It only took Wei Gao three days to bring 10,000 men with him.
Riding a detour to the front of Leo's army, and used a suitable place as an ambush site.
For several days, Leo V and others did not receive any news of the Western Qin army's pursuit from the sentries who were on alert.
Others felt more relaxed and thought they had gotten rid of the Western Qin cavalry, so they changed their night march to Marching during the day, Leo V did not dare to be careless at all.
He fought many battles with the Western Qin people and knew that the Western Qin people were full of tricks in their military use.
The seemingly impossible things often became commonplace among the Western Qin people.
He still had to listen to the reports of sentries from the rear every day, but he and all the officials and generals under his command did not expect that Wei Gao had already taken a large number of cavalry to detour to the front to wait for them.
On the banks of the Oach River, 16,000 troops marched north along the river.
This army did not have any flags.
This was Leo V and the 16,000 men under his command.
A local Avar man led the way on horseback as a guide, with Leo V and the Praetorian Guard following closely behind him, followed by other troops.
At this time, the Avar guide turned back to Leo V and pointed forward and said: "Sir, a few miles ahead the river passes between two mountains.
There is no road and we cannot continue along the river.
We have to turn to the right.
We only need to turn over After passing the mountain col five miles to the northeast, and another day's journey, we entered the territory of the West Slavic tribes."
Leo V nodded and waved to the right: "Keep going" In less than half an hour, the army arrived at the bottom of the mountain col.
There was a long slope in this mountain col.
The highest point of the slope was more than 100 meters.
On both sides, there were also slopes leading to the dense forest in the mountains, with rugged rocks.
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Under the leadership of Leo V, the army climbed two-thirds of the way up the slope, followed by a large number of centaurs walking under the mountain col.
At this time, dense black dots appeared at the highest point of the mountain slope.
In the blink of an eye, the small black dots turned into rows of cavalry in black armor.
"They are from the Western Qin."
A horrified scream came from the Eastern Roman army, just because the flags among the black-armored cavalry showed their identities.
Leo V at the front was shocked.
His face turned extremely pale in an instant.
He never expected that the Western Qin cavalry would be waiting for them in front.
Wouldn't this be tantamount to throwing himself into a trap?
The various departments of the Eastern Roman Army seemed to be in harmony with each other.
At this critical moment of life and death, no one could care about anyone else.
Everyone was terrified.
People and horses from all walks of life were running around on the long slope in chaos.
Wei Gao took off his spear from the victory hook and pointed forward: "Kill" "Killing" rows of cavalry lined up in neat lines and rushed down the slope with spears in hand.
The extremely strong impact momentum instantly shattered the psychological defenses of the soldiers of the Eastern Roman Army.
The condescending attitude allowed the Western Qin cavalry to increase their impact.
After several steps, the Eastern Roman armies on the slope were instantly rushed to pieces.
It was a one-sided massacre.
The battle did not last long and ended in only two hours.
Many soldiers from the Eastern Roman ministries scattered, but Leo V, Leo III and the governors of various ministries were almost all killed.
With the killing of Leo V and others, the Eastern Roman Empire was officially declared destroyed
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