The main force of the Western Expeditionary Army was marching towards Vinia when a fast horse galloped from behind.
Li Muchen, who was in charge of liaison matters, stopped to talk to the fast horse who reported the news, and took the battle report from the courier.
Afterwards, he chased Zhao Ziliang and said, "Your Majesty, General Wei Gao sent someone to deliver the battle report."
Zhao Ziliang took the battle report and opened it and read it.
He was not surprised by this result.
Now that the destination of Leo V and others has been determined, if Wei Gao cannot succeed, it can only mean that Wei Gao is a famous general.
It is a wasted reputation.
After reading the battle report, Zhao Ziliang pondered for a while and issued an order: "Send an order to Wei Gao to have the heads of Leo V, III and others, and hang their heads in Constantinople, Rome and other cities."
An upright official next to him quickly advised: "Your Majesty, no, please take back your order.
If it is Leo V and others, that's it.
But Leo III is the pope after all and the spiritual leader of the Christian world.
If you do this, it will be a disaster."
It is very likely to trigger a backlash from believers all over the Western world, which is not conducive to our Western Qin Kingdom’s rule in the West.
Please think twice, Your Majesty.”
Zhao Ziliang asked calmly: "What should I do if I feel lonely?"
"Your Majesty, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Western world, I thought that Your Majesty could issue a decree to posthumously crown Leo III."
"Bastard" Zhao Ziliang was furious, "We are conquering the West now, not playing house.
Even if we want to win over people's hearts, it is not the right time.
Do you think that naming Leo III now can eliminate the hostility of the Christian believers towards us in the East and the West?"
There have always been different thoughts and ideologies.
To completely conquer the Western world, we must destroy their belief systems and ideological systems.
You don’t understand anything, but you stand up to oppose and contradict me when your brain gets hot.
Who will give you the courage to step down?"
The official was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and quickly retreated in dejection.
If he didn't return it at this time, it would be very difficult for him to strip off his official hat and uniform without an order or chop off his head without an order.
Restrained.
In fact, people in the Western world had very complex beliefs in BC, and Christianity was not popular at all.
Priests were often politically persecuted.
It came to the forefront of history entirely because of the support of emperors.
Emperor Constantine was the first The emperor who believed in Christianity spared no effort in the development and growth of the church.
It was only four or five hundred years ago from Zhao Ziliang's era, but in these few hundred years, the church developed rapidly, defeating many other sects and developing its believers to All over the Western world, it can be said that it has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Therefore, for Zhao Ziliang and the Western Qin Kingdom, if they want to conquer the Western world, conquering by force is only the first step.
Only by conquering in spirit and faith can they truly conquer the West, and this is obviously not something that can be achieved within a year or two.
A goal is a long-term goal.
Even though most of the Western world has been conquered militarily by the Western Qin until now, there is still the Charlie Empire, a country with prosperous Christianity, so the Western Qin's Western Expedition is only halfway through.
The retreat of Charlie's army was not very smooth, but it did not suffer many losses.
After such a long battle with the Western Qin Army, Charlie and his Frank generals had become somewhat familiar with the Western Qin Army's tactics and tactics.
I got some understanding and figured out some confrontational tactics.
For example, in the face of constant harassment by Li Su's light cavalry, Charlie and his generals figured out an effective defense method during the retreat, because the heavy cavalry could not bear the burden of defending against the Western Qin cavalry.
The heavy responsibility of pursuit, wanting to gather It was too late to rise up to fight, so they protected the heavy cavalry in the middle of the marching team, and let the infantry protect on both sides.
In addition, they also built a large number of carts, used the carts to carry heavy equipment and supplies, and marched Carry the cart on the way and when camping They were arranged on the periphery of the team.
Once Li Su's light cavalry attacked, they immediately formed a circular formation and blocked the carts on the outside.
A large number of crossbowmen were arranged behind the carts to use the carts as defenses to resist the Western Qin Dynasty.
A surprise attack by light cavalry, followed by a large number of crossbowmen with long-range bows and arrows To attack the Western Qin cavalry, infantry and bows generally have an advantage over cavalry in terms of range.
Therefore, the Western Qin cavalry's cavalry shooting cannot cause casualties to the Frank army in this arrangement.
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Once the Western Qin cavalry retreats, they will not stay.
Immediately disperse the formation and march again.
Li Sujun's temporary camp.
In a large tent, a group of generals knelt down on sheepskin mats and ate barbecue.
One of the generals complained while gnawing on the mutton: "Damn, these days, those barbaric Franks have also learned to be smart, and they actually came up with the idea."
Using this method is like turning into a hedgehog, leaving us with no idea what to say.”
The general's words resonated with other generals.
Li Su was eating and drinking calmly at this time, but he was a little anxious in his heart.
With the Frank army's current marching speed, it would take about four days to reach Vinia.
As long as it reached Vinia , the Franks could rely on a strong castle The city wall defense was used to stop the Western Qin army from advancing westward.
There were many defensive fortresses and other buildings left by the Slavs, Franks and other civilizations in the Austrian area.
Once these defensive buildings were fully utilized, the Western Qin army wanted to It is not an easy task to conquer them one by one.
Therefore, how to drag Charles' army east of Vinia has become an urgent issue for Li Su.
After thinking for a while, Li Su put down the leg of mutton and said to the generals: "Based on the current situation, we can't find a chance to cause serious damage to Charlie's army, so now we can only do the next best thing and find a way to delay them."
How to hold them back before the main force of our army arrives and prevent them from retreating to Vinia requires us to think of a way.
I don’t know if you have any good ideas.
If so, once I adopt it, I will definitely judge it as a meritorious deed. reward" This last sentence made all the generals use their brains, but these rough guys were okay with using knives and guns.
They asked them to use their brains, but their brains really couldn't move.
The generals sat in the big tent and thought for a long time, but they couldn't think of anything.
Come up with a solution that works.
Li Su took the map and looked at it.
After studying it for a while, he still couldn't come up with a good solution.
He was about to give up and go outside to relax when his eyes suddenly saw several locations on the map.
The middle section of the Danube is not a straight line, it is also winding.
You have to pass several bridges to get to Vinia.
You can also cross the bridge.
You can also reach Vinia by walking along the river, but the distance is nearly half longer.
Li Su's eyes lit up as he looked at the locations of several bridges marked on the map.
He wanted to delay the Frank army's retreat from Vinia.
The only way now was to use the high-speed maneuverability of the Qingqi to go in front of the Frank army and destroy these bridges.
The weather now It was getting hot, and the Danube River was in flood season.
The water level was getting higher and faster day by day.
Without bridges, it was not easy for Charles' army to cross the river.
After thinking about the details, Li Su immediately stood up and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order!"
It has been a day since I saw the Western Qin cavalry patrolling the army, but Charlie didn't feel the slightest joy in his heart.
He didn't think that the Western Qin cavalry would just leave.
He kept cursing in his heart, these damn things.
The people of Western Qin are really endless, this scene The war with the Western Qin people was the most frustrating, helpless, annoying, and terrifying war he fought in his lifetime.
He didn't even have the chance to have a large-scale duel with the Western Qin army and was kicked out by the Western Qin people.
Having to run around really damages his wise image.
I don't know what the damn Western Qin cavalry is doing.
Maybe they are brewing more terrifying conspiracies.
These conspiracies are simply impossible to guard against.
If you don't pay attention, they will seize the opportunity to pounce on you and bite them hard.
Just like the calm river surface, there are definitely rapids hidden under the calm.
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The Western Qin cavalry has not moved at all this day.
The calmer the situation is, the more anxious Charlie's heart is.
This feeling is very bad.
Since the withdrawal from Sedika, he had nightmares every night.
The disastrous defeat against the Western Qin Army almost became a nightmare.
His nightmares made him unable to live in peace, and he could not get a good rest for a long time.
His spirit became worse and worse, and he was getting older.
His physical strength and energy were not what they used to be.
He had not had a good rest for more than two months.
Taking care of his beard and having nightmares every night, his face was always looking haggard and slovenly, and he hardly looked like an emperor of an empire.
At this time, Oliver's voice brought him back to his senses: "Your Majesty, we will cross the Porter Bridge in another ten miles."
"Oh" Charlie responded, but he immediately realized something.
After thinking about it carefully, he immediately shouted: "Quick, take people to check the Porter Bridge yourself.
If the Porter Bridge can still cross the river, guard it immediately. " "Yes" Charlie said this, and Oliver realized that it was very dangerous to cross the bridge.
When the army was crossing the bridge, its defense was at its weakest.
If the Western Qin cavalry was ambushing nearby, something big would happen.
He immediately ordered two thousand cavalry and rushed towards Porter Bridge quickly.
Charlie waved and shouted: "Everyone, speed up the march!"
This place is only three days away from Vinia.
This place is nominally the sphere of influence of the Frank Empire, but in fact since the Frank army destroyed the Avar Khanate, its control here is very weak, and there is no effective rule at all.
The nearby barbarian tribes often rushed out from the mountains to intercept the Franks and baggage transport teams.
What the Franks can really effectively control is Vinia and the area west of Vinia, so if you want real security, you can only be considered safe if you retreat to Vinia
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