Chapter 1388: The sword is pointed at Ilam
Mo Jianlian was surprised and delighted, afraid that this was the prime minister's casual perfunctory, but also felt that the opportunity had come, if he could fight, he could earn military merits and grab the spoils of war.
The warriors of the Qarluq tribe were hungry and howling wolves, and they could not wait for the war.
Almost all of the barbarians in the Great War of Sylvan belonged to the role of watching the excitement and cheering, and even many tribes were not able to rush to the battlefield after the war was over.
In that battle, the Shenwu Army was the absolute protagonist, defeating the invincible Prince Mahdi, the heir of the Caliphate in Black, who was defeated in just one battle, and even became a prisoner.
After this battle, the prestige of the Shenwu Army reached an unprecedented height, from Anxi to Khorasan, no barbarians dared to go against the Tang Dynasty, even the powerful black-clothed food was defeated, who else dared to stroke the beard of the Tang people?
What's more, Mo Jianlian is a cowardly person himself, and he is a suitable puppet candidate compared to the murderous and cunning Gulu.
The Qarluq don't need a leader with inflated ambitions!
At this time, Qin Jin looked directly at Mo Jianlian.
"I want you to integrate the left and right leaves of Gloro within seven days!"
Mo Jian nodded and promised to complete the task assigned by the prime minister, and at the same time asked boldly:
"The villain dares to ask, the prime minister's next goal is ......"
He was cautious, if the Shenwu Army's target was directly at Ctesiphon, then his Qarluq department would have a high chance of becoming a life-filling character.
This was something he didn't want to see, but then again, even so, the Qarlu tribe had to move forward with courage and no reason to back down.
Qin Jin saw through Mo Jianlian's careful thoughts at a glance, came to him with a smile, and gently patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, we won't attack Ctesiphon in a short time, we must first knock out all the support points around Ctesiphon. You should have also heard the news that Prince Qajar had surrendered to my Tang Dynasty, he was the sibling brother of Caliph al-Mansur and the founder of the Black-Clad Dynasty, so he was naturally qualified to become the caliph replacing the tyrannical al-Mansur. The Tang Dynasty will spare no effort to support him, so that there will be no more war in the land west of Khorasan, and people living and working in peace and contentment will be seen everywhere, and your Qarluq department will help Qajar to retake Ilam Province and Elamite City. ”
I heard that it was not a direct attack on Ctesiphon, and Mo Jianlian was a little relieved.
The surrender of Qajar to Sylvan was a major event, far more well-known than the capture of Mahdi, and the Shenwu army even held a three-day celebration for it.
As for the occupation of Janissary by the Janissaries from Ctesiphon, it is also a well-known thing that the province of Ilam, the lair of Qajar.
The Praetorian Guard is the elite of the elite of the Great Food Army, and although Mo Jianlian feels troublesome, as long as he does not attack the core area of the Great Food, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Qin Jin smiled again and patted him on the shoulder.
'Rest assured, the Black Guards have all gone. You're dealing with the native Ilam army, who used to be Qajar's men, and they are easy to subdue!'
This made Mo Jianlian's old face red, no matter how cowardly he was, it was also relative, the grassland has always admired the brave, the strong, if a person is regarded as weak, it will be the greatest shame.
"Prime minister, don't get me wrong, the villain is willing to gnaw the most difficult bone for the prime minister, there is no such thing, there is no fear of the Great Food Praetorian Guard!"
He said this to make Qin Jin laugh for a while, even the quibble was so weak and powerless, in fact, the reason why this person could be favored was because of the word weak.
The Qarluq tribe is a rebellious tribe, if you let Gu Lulu become the leader, and leave Persia in the future, his people will inevitably become a hidden danger, once this person is given a chance, I am afraid that the harm will be endless.
Coincidentally, Gu Lulu was actually killed by his own generals, so he didn't have to work hard to control this person.
Leave the left and right leaves of Gloro in the hands of Methrien, and let him participate in escorting Khazar back to Elamand and retaking Ilam Province.
In addition, Qin Jin also planned to send about 5,000 Shenwu troops as the central backbone, with Wang Renli as the commander, and a total of about 30,000 people with the Qarlu department.
As long as you take Ilam, you can use it as a base, cut off the connection between Ctesiphon and Fars and other southeastern regions to the south, and go north to penetrate into the foundation of the Great Eclipse and control the Great Eclipse Desert.
In this way, it is equivalent to invisibly cutting off an arm of the black-clothed food Tai Xifeng's court.
Therefore, it seems that this local war is only to help Khazar regain his territory, but in fact, it still involves the overall strategic situation of attacking Ctesiphon.
Moreover, this kind of local war will not attract undue attention from al-Mansour, even if he realizes that the gains and losses of Elam can be related to the overall situation, but Ctesiphon has more troubles waiting to be solved, and the probability of being able to free up his hands to send a large army to fight Khazar for Elam is very low.
Unless al-Mansur abandons his long-planned strategy of moving the capital to Baghdad, unless he sends an elite army despite the instability of Ctesiphon's people.
These assumptions are all possible, but the cost is dearly.
It was based on this judgment that Qin Jin only sent a 5,000-foot army under the command of Wang Renli, supplemented by about 20,000 barbarian soldiers and horses, which was enough to recapture and control Elan.
Wang Renli was a young man who rose to prominence in the Western Expedition, and in just one year's effort, he was promoted from a junior military officer to a lieutenant of a battalion of soldiers and horses.
This time, Qin Jin sent this person, and he was also strongly recommended by Jiang Fengxiang.
Wang Renli entered the military tent under the guidance of the military officials, and Qin Jin introduced him to Mo Jianlian.
"This is Captain Wang Renli, this time to attack Elam City, he will lead the overall situation, I hope you two will work together to capture Elam and all of Elam as soon as possible at the lowest cost!"
"Please rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to his mission!"
Mo Jianlian secretly said that most of the people he saw leading troops in the Shenwu Army, especially the middle-level generals, were young people in their early twenties.
Mo Jianlian was not only secretly unconvinced in his heart, but also felt faintly embarrassed, decades ago, these people were still children with snot on their faces, and at that time he was already the leader of the tribe of the Qarlu tribe after Ye Hu.
But today, although he has taken it a step further and become the leader of the Qarlu tribe, the prestige of the Qarlu tribe has long been incomparable with what he thought back then.
Peeking at the young prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who was also only thirty years old, he couldn't help but secretly sigh and admire, and he didn't dare to have the mind to win with him.
"The villain is willing to fully cooperate with General Wang to capture Elan!"
In just three days, the Silent Thorn Company completed the integration of the left and right parts of Grolu in advance, and the army marched three days ahead of schedule, and under the leadership of Prince Qajar, it drove to Ilam!