It's getting brighter.

The shouting and killing in the middle of the night gradually stopped.

Wang Xuance rode slowly through the battlefield, and the camp of the Japanese army was in ruins, with burning tents everywhere.

Corpses littered the field.

It was a perfect raid.

Surrounded by the Japanese army in the city, they defended it for more than half a year, and the Japanese army really thought that the Tang army was so capable that they didn't dare to go out of the city.

After half a year of accumulated anger, the eight thousand soldiers were finally released.

Grenades, muskets, knives, spears, strong bows and crossbows, and even war horses dragged Pinghu and small cannons out of the army, and bombarded the elephant army of the country that wanted to assemble in a hurry.

"The 20,000 Japanese troops are so vulnerable." Zheng Guozhu arrived on horseback, and the iron armor on his body was dark red with congealed blood.

Qian Guozhuan bandaged one of his arms.

"It can't be said that they are vulnerable, but we have a good plan for this counterattack. The soldiers also worked hard to achieve this great victory. ”

The Tang army counterattacked on all fronts and sent troops together last night.

It was a heavy setback for the Japanese troops along the line.

In the past six months, the Tang army fought separately and defended the castle. The Japanese army was also a little careless, and they even divided their troops to besiege the city and besiege many castles in the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, he wanted to cut off the communication between the forts and trap the Tang army to death.

As a result, they were unexpectedly able to counterattack at the same time yesterday, which caught them off guard.

How do these people know that the Tang Army of Xindu has been reunited and has a new command system, and they don't know that there have always been carrier pigeons to communicate with each other in the various forts of the Tang Dynasty.

"At least three thousand corpses!" Ke Shan came to report.

Eight thousand men raided the camp of 20,000 men outside the city, only to have them kill three thousand, and the rest fled in a rout.

"We killed more than five hundred." Zheng Guozhu said proudly. Qian Guozhuan also killed hundreds, and they all repelled the enemy troops outside the fort, and then came here to converge.

"Our casualties aren't big, are they?" Wang Xuance asked.

"It's okay, at least five to one battle damage!"

Five to one, the Tang army suffered a lot of casualties last night, but after all, the enemy army has more troops, and it is not bad to be able to achieve this result.

In the distance, a red flag fluttered.

"Another army has come to converge!" Keshan Road.

"Clean up the battlefield, seize the time to rest, we can't stop, we have to take advantage of the situation to chase and kill. This time, we are going to chase these dog-day Japanese soldiers to the sky and the ground. ”

"You can send a letter to the teacher, live up to his expectations, and we have won this battle."

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Hankyung.

Zhang Chao explained to his eldest son Zhang Jing in the study.

"This time you go to Liuqiu, I will give you five million development funds. In addition, you take your 100 companion knights, and when you get there, the first priority is to recruit 5,000 soldiers and horses from the territory, if it is a standing army. I will give you a good group of retired veterans and let them become instructors in your territory to help you train soldiers. ”

"Five thousand soldiers, you can form a fleet of two thousand men, plus three thousand marines. 1,000 cavalry, 1,500 infantry, plus 500 artillery. ”

"Artillery is very important, remember to train it well."

"Listen to the advice of the vassals and stewards over there, and if you don't understand something, you can also write to me."

Zhang Jing is full of excitement about the imminent inauguration, and he is also full of yearning for Liuqiu.

That's where he's going to stretch his hand.

"Tell me about your plans for the future, what are your plans?"

"Recruit soldiers to train the territory and recruit immigrants to reclaim the land·······"

Zhang Chao nodded, he could see that his son didn't know much about how to run a territory.

"It is necessary to adapt measures to local conditions, to seek the position, his resources, to make a good position, and then to develop. This place is close to the mainland and at sea. Abundant resources, especially fertile land, are ideal for growing grain and sugarcane. Therefore, it is very important to reclaim wasteland for cultivation and develop agriculture. The development of agriculture requires a population, and how to find a way to recruit people to reclaim the wasteland and cultivate land in Liuqiu requires Liuqiu to come up with more attractive conditions, for example, when they come, they will be given free land reclamation, and they will be provided with settling-in allowances. ”

"For example, there is a shortage of people in various territories these days, and you have to find a way to solve the manpower problem elsewhere. For example, there are many mountains in Liuqiu, and there are millions of them. Whether it is appeasement or conquest, this is also a way to solve it. But remember to grasp the degree, don't get out of control, if all the mountains are against you, then you have failed. ”

"Let me remind you one more thing, you should remember a little more when you recruit men and train soldiers and horses. This army is yours, and you must first master him. You can't end up spending money, spending time, and training a soldier and horse, but it becomes someone else's, understand? ”

"The child understands."

"See more, ask more, learn more, my father is full of expectations for you, Liuqiu is an important base for our Bashang Zhang family, you have to manage it well."

"You don't have to worry about these weapons, my father will buy them from the court for you."

"Your 100 companion cavalrymen are your most reliable helpers. But you can't just use the people you brought, you have to use the old people in the family in Liuqiu, you have to use them well, understand? ”

Zhang Chao said a lot of precautions in detail, and even when it came to the back, he felt a little annoyed. But after all, this son is only fifteen years old, and although he is married, he has left his wing for the first time.

If he goes out to experiment for the first time and fails in the end, it will be a heavy blow to his self-confidence in the future, and even to his whole life.

"In the future, my title will also be inherited by you, and at that time, you will also be the patriarch of the entire Bashang Zhang family. Our family's huge family business was taken over. But don't think it's a benefit, it's a responsibility. The entire Bashang Zhang family, countless vassals, soldiers, workers, and lords who are attached to our family, they will all be your responsibility in the future. ”

"How to lead them to a good life is your responsibility. It's your dereliction of duty to have a bad life. Can you understand? ”

"Understood."

"I hope you can really understand that if you feel that you can't afford this, you can quit, and I will choose a better and more capable son to inherit the family."

Zhang Jing gritted his teeth, "I will definitely be able to take on the responsibility of the family." ”

"Very well, try to do it."

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"It's worse than we expected." Ke Qing handed Zhang Chao a piece of information.

"The Sassanids seem to be doomed, they won't last next year, and our alliance with the Romans has failed. The Sassanids could not stop the Arabs at all, and even the Romans could not stop them. Because of our rebellion in the Central Plains this year, we missed the opportunity to intervene in Persia, and the Persians are finished. ”

The emperor of Persia has fled, and they have now fled to Mulu, the territory of Su Dingfang.

The Persian Emperor Yi Si Zheng sent people to Hanjing, and he hoped that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to help him recover Persia. But the Arabs were too fierce, they had already captured the Persian capital Ctesiphon, and now most of Persia was occupied by the Arabs.

The Romans fought the Arabs several times, but failed.

Now the Roman Emperor Lacros was terrified, and they enlisted the Khazars to help defend the Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, in case the Arabs attacked Rome.

"If the Persian Sassanids are destroyed, then the Arabs will attack us in a sweeping force. Tocharo, Sindu, Hezhong, and the West Sea will all be targeted by the Abebos. ”

"The Romans have now begun to retreat to protect themselves." Ke Qing said disdainfully, the Romans retreated faster than anyone else.

Zhang Chao was recalling the chronology of the expansion of the Arbi, their expansion was indeed very fast, they destroyed Arabia in just a few years, and then attacked from all sides.

"The Romans must be sent in." Zhang Chaodao.

"We have to tell Heraclius that if the Arabs were allowed to annex Persia, they might be going to conquer Egypt or even the Caucasus. If they are allowed to expand in this way, then our trade with Rome will be blocked, and there will not be a single silk, a piece of porcelain, a pound of sugar and a piece of paper to be transported to Constantinople. ”

Presumably, Emperor Heraclius did not want to see this situation arise either. Tell him that even if there is no Persia, the Tang Dynasty and Rome will still be able to strangle the Arabs, and we will attack from east to west and send troops together. When the Arabs are destroyed, we will divide Persia and Arabia. ”

"What about the Khazarian problem?"

The Khazars were staunch allies of the Romans, who were originally part of the Tiele and later attached themselves to the Western Turks, migrating to the southern banks of the lower Volga and the Don Plain as nomadic neighbors of Rome.

These Khazars had previously claimed to be Turkic heirs, and the established Khazar Khanate was also known as the Turkic Khanate.

They even claim that the vast steppes from the Aral Sea to the Caspian and Black Seas are their territory.

This was a challenge to the Tang Dynasty, so Zhang Chao originally wanted Rome to betray this ally and destroy the Khazars.

But now, Zhang Chao is willing to back down, and the Arabs are the number one enemy.

"As long as the Khazars submit to the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute, become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and recognize the friendly border treaties signed by the Tang Dynasty with Rome and Persia, and recognize the areas north of the Volga River as the territory of the Tang Dynasty's Western Sea Territory, then the Tang Dynasty is also willing to canonize Zabil as the Khan of the Khazar Khanate."

"Do you need to back down like that?"

"Compared to the Turkic Khazars, the Arabs were the real enemy, and they were able to wipe out the Persian Sassanids in just a few years. If we don't expose them, then the territories that my Datang has just failed to defeat in the Western Regions may be lost. ”

"If we lose these territories, we may not be able to hold on to our trust. In a worse case, our trade with the West will be blocked by the Arabs, and then the trade with the West will be controlled by the Arabs, which is absolutely unacceptable to us. ”

"Instead of spending more resources to fight them in the future, it's better to go all out now."

"But many people in the imperial court will not recognize the threat of the Arabs to us, will they support us to increase our troops to the far west, and support us to go there to fight the Arabs?"

Zhang Chao shook his head and smiled bitterly, this is indeed a problem. In the eyes of the princes of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo in Mobei, Silla and Baekje in North Korea, Dongying in the East China Sea, Zhenla in the South Sea, and Xindu's Ring Sun, there are enough enemies in the Tang Dynasty, and there is no need to travel thousands of miles to fight another Arabia.

Is it good to hit the Arabs?

"We have to find a way to make people aware of the Arab threat." Zhang Chaodao.