After Magat was taken away, Habir hesitated for a long time, but between faith and power, he still chose power, and now the princes and nobles of the Khazar Khanate all believe in Judaism, but the common people mostly believe in Christianity and Islam. Pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info and among the princes and nobles, General Bran is the main figure, Bulan's military power is quite heavy, there are 10,000 cavalry under his command, he is the heaviest commander of the Khazar Khanate, this person has too much influence in the Khazar Khan's kings and nobles, and this person is obedient to Magat, but Magat is a person from the Eastern Roman Empire, although this person has no official position in the Eastern Roman Empire, but because of his unusual relationship with Constantine V and noble status, that is, the Eastern Roman Empire's control over the Khazar Khanate has reached an unimaginable level.

Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out on Habil's forehead, if it weren't for the Western Qin army pressing the border this time, he would still be confused by Magat and Bulan and others, and he didn't realize the crisis of the Khazar Khanate at all.

Habil looked at Bran and said: "General Blan, the Western Qin people are menacing, although my Khazar Khanate is in decline, but it must not fall into prestige, Ben Khan ordered you to be the front general, and lead the men and horses of the headquarters to meet the vanguard of the Western Qin army, and Ben Khan then personally rushed to meet the main force of the Western Qin army!" ”

Bu Lan didn't think that the purpose of Habil ordering him to be the front was to use the hand of the Western Qin Army to cut off his minions, and he thought that Habil's arrangement was to value and trust him, so he immediately went out of the class to salute and promised: "Please answer Assassin Han to see Bu Lan's performance, I will definitely beat the Western Qin Army to the ground, crying dad and calling mother!" ”

"Well, good! You prepare first, and you're ready to go! ”

"Yes, A. Thorn Han!"

After Bran left, Habil instructed his close ministers: "Send someone to the Eastern Roman Empire immediately to ask for help, and send someone to meet with Empress Seodora and Empress Innarin, so that they can exert influence and pressure on Constantine V, and must let the Eastern Roman Empire send troops to rescue, otherwise my Khazar Khanate will be in danger!" ”

The Eastern Roman Empire Empress Theodora is Habil's sister, and the current Empress Innarin is Habil's daughter, so Constantine V is both Habil's nephew and his son-in-law, which is close to the people, how to look at this kind of family affection, it depends on the inner thoughts of the parties, some kings value feelings, and even put private feelings above national interests, and some kings are more rational than feelings, and often look at personal feelings more lightly.

"Yes, A. Thorn Han!"

Habil asked the minister Modar: "Who is the commander of the Western Qin army this time?" ”

"Answering Thorn Han's words, this time it was Zhao Ziliang, the king of Western Qin, who personally commanded the troops!"

Habil's face became even more solemn, and he said: "It seems that Ben Khan is going to meet him in person, passing on Ben Khan's order, all the armies of all ethnic groups quickly gathered in Samandar, and now we can only fight against the invasion of the Western Qin army with the strength of the whole country!" ”

The leaders of the various departments, the commanders of the army, and the commanders of the thousands of troops all stroked their chests and agreed loudly: "Yes, answer to the assassin!" ”

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After Empress Irina left, Constantine V pondered for a long time, and still shouted to the door: "Inform the ministers to come to the government hall to discuss matters!" ”

"Yes, my majesty!"

Soon, the ministers of the Eastern Roman Empire came to salute Constantine V and stood aside.

When everyone arrived, Constantine V said: "Just now the queen came to see me, and said that the Western Qin army of the Tang State was preparing to attack the Khazar Khanate, and she asked me to send troops to fight against the Western Qin army of the Tang State together with the Khazars, I don't know what you think about this matter?" ”

Archon Bateus stood up and saluted and asked, "Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor, I don't know if you mean the Empress persuading you to send troops to help the Khazars, or if we in the Eastern Roman Empire want to help the Khazars resist the Western Qin army?" ”

If it is the former, Empress Irina is suspected of interfering in politics, and if it refers to the latter, it also has the meaning of instigating the Khazars to intercept and kill the Western Qin caravan at that time.

Constantine V looked at Bateus deeply and said, "Of course it's the latter, Bateus, what is your attitude towards this?" ”

"Your Majesty, I think we should take advantage of this rare time to recuperate, and it is not appropriate to spend any more money and food to send troops! Besides, our main enemy at the moment is not the Don State, first of all, the Slavs and Bulgars in the north, and secondly the Arabs in the east! It is said that the Rahman, a descendant of the Umayyad dynasty, organized an army to defeat the army of the Abbasid dynasty in Spain, and developed the economy, culture, education and construction of towns there, with remarkable results, he called himself the emir a few years ago, and several Christian kingdoms in Spain were conquered and slaughtered by him, for this emerging power, we in the Eastern Roman Empire can not be underestimated! Even more worrying is the rise of the Frankish kingdom, which has more than doubled in size over the years, and I think we need to stop this crazy expansion! ”

Immediately after Bateus finished speaking, someone stood up to refute his words and strongly suggested that troops be sent to help the Khazar Khanate against the Western Qin army of the Tang State.

After careful consideration, Constantine V decided not to directly send troops to help the Khazar Khanate, so as not to directly confront the Tang Empire, but secretly to reinforce the Khazar Khanate, the main means is to send mercenaries to join the Khazar army to fight against the Western Qin army, and to support the Khazar Khanate with a large number of food, bows and arrows, weapons and armor, so that the strength of the Khazars will increase.

On March 12, Zhao Ziliang led the escort army and the Second Army Corps to the Aral Sea to join the Eighth Army Corps, and in the following days, the cavalry of the First, Fourth, and Sixth Army Corps arrived successively, and the Fifth Army and Kimak 20,000 horses, Kipchak 10,000 horses also arrived, and the three tribes of the Pechenegs also arrived before March 15.

On 15 March, 50,000 cavalry of the Western Qin, 20,000 cavalry of the Kimaks, 10,000 cavalry of the Kipchaks, 10,000 cavalry of the Pechenegs, and 10,000 cavalry of the Oghuz completed their rendezvous at the garrison of the Western Qin army in Aralsk, on the northern shore of the Aral Sea, with a total of 100,000 horses.

For a time, flags were unfurled, colorful flags were erected, thousands of horses galloped, and smoke and dust soared into the sky.

In the tarpaulin tent, Zhao Ziliang sat on the Taishi chair covered with snow leopard skin with both hands on the armrests and watched the commanders of the regiments walk in one by one to pay respects.

"Zhao Hu, the commander of the First Legion, greets the king!"

"Bai Xiaode, the commander of the second legion, pays a visit to the king!"

"Wei Meng, the commander of the Fourth Legion, pays a visit to the king!"

"The Fifth Legion Commander Huo Kan pays a visit to the King!"

"The commander of the Sixth Legion, Xuanyi, pays a visit to the king!"

"Seventh Legion Commander Xuanji pays a visit to the King!"

"The commander of the Eighth Legion, Xuan San, greets the king!"

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand, and the commanders of each army stood on the left side in order, and Zhao Ziliang raised his hand again and said: "Let the surrounding khanates, tribal khanates, khans, and chieftains enter in turn!" ”

"King Kimak Khan Veil meets His Royal Highness the King of Western Qin of the Tang Empire!"

"King Oghuz Khan Kaya meets His Royal Highness the King of Western Qin of the Tang Empire!"

"Moerge, the Khan of the Kipchak Department, pays a visit to His Royal Highness the King of Western Qin of the Tang Empire!"

"The leader of the Ji Thorn Department of Pecheneg, Ko'er Kotai, pays a visit to His Royal Highness the King of Western Qin of the Tang Empire!"

"Qu Zisi, the leader of Pecheneg's Xuan Headquarters, has met His Royal Highness the King of Western Qin of the Tang Empire!"

"The leader of the Zou headquarters of Pecheneg, Ba Dasi, has visited His Royal Highness the King of Western Qin of the Tang Empire!"

"The leader of the Flower Thorn Zim, Baba Khan, meets His Royal Highness the King of Western Qin!"

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said, "All the khan kings and leaders, please take a seat!" ”

"King Xie!"

Waiting for the leaders and the Khan to take their seats, Zhao Ziliang looked at everyone and said: "This king sent troops to recruit the Khazars this time because the Khazars deceived people too much, my Western Qin caravan was doing business in the territory of the Khazar Khanate, and I have always been law-abiding, but the Khazars attacked and killed my caravan for no reason, and my Western Qin sent envoys to ask for an explanation, but the Khazars not only did not give an explanation, but also killed my embassy and detained the envoys, which is the so-called 'tolerable, which is unbearable'!" Since the Khazars are so unreasonable, then we in Xiqin will no longer reason with them, and in the face of barbarism, swords and guns have the right to speak! You will go out with the king this time, whoever gets the spoils of war will belong to whom, all by your own ability, but how to fight and how to fight, you must obey the king's orders, and you must not send troops without authorization. ”

The kings and chiefs of the khans stood up and saluted and promised: "I will obey the king's command!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "This king wants to know how many soldiers and horses you have brought this time, King of Kimak Khan, how many soldiers and horses have you brought this time?" ”

Veil stood up and saluted: "King, Xiao Khan has brought 20,000 elite horsemen this time, and he is willing to drive forward for the king!" ”

20,000 fine riders? Many of the leaders of the Khan King couldn't help but laugh in their hearts, if there were really 20,000 elite cavalry, they would not be defeated by a legion of Western Qin, and they had to be forced to surrender.

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "How to use your 20,000 elite horses, this king has his own plans, you sit down!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Zhao Ziliang said again: "King Kaya, King of Oghuz Khan, how many soldiers and horses did you bring this time?" ”

Kaya stood up and saluted and replied, "Back to the king's words, the little Khan has brought 8,000 warriors from his clan this time for the king to drive!" ”

The Kipchak Khan Morge then stood up and said, "Great King, the little Khan has brought five thousand elite cavalrymen from his clan!" ”

The leader of the Ji Thorn tribe of Pecheneg, Ko'er Kotai, said: "Great King, the little Khan has brought 3,000 elite cavalry from the clan!" ”

The leader of Pecheneg's headquarters said: "Great King, the little Khan has brought three thousand warriors from the clan!" ”

Badasi, the leader of the Zou headquarters of Pecheneg: "Great King, the little Khan also brought 3,000 warriors from the clan!" ”

The leader of the Thorn Zim, Apa Khan, stood up and said, "Great King, the little Khan has brought 3,000 camel soldiers, 2,000 cavalry, and 2,000 infantry from his clan!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said loudly with a smile on his face: "Okay, there are 50,000 elites in this king's headquarters, plus a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses under your command, and 100,000 troops to conquer a small Khazar Khanate, you are all heroes for a while, and the destruction of the Khazar Khanate is just around the corner!" ”

The kings and leaders of the khans immediately laughed: "Hahaha・・・・・・"

After laughing, the three Pecheneg chieftains stood up at the same time and saluted: "Great King, after destroying the Khazar Khanate, we beg the Great King to give us the territory of the Khazar Khanate as a pasture, and we will send a rich tribute to the Great King every year!" ”

The laughter in the big tent was instantaneous, and the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared, and the king of Oghuz Khan, Kaya, immediately stood up and said: "Great king, the water and grass in the territory of the Khazar Khanate are abundant, and it is a good place for horses and sheep, and I beg the king to reward us with a piece of pasture in Oghuz!" ”

The leader of the Flower Thorn Zm, Apa Khan, also stood up and said: "King, the Khazar Khanate and my Flower Thorn Zim are not far away from each other, and I also ask the king to reward a piece of pasture for my people to graze!" ”

After listening to the requests of these leaders and khans, several other khan leaders also stood up and hoped that Zhao Ziliang would give them a piece of territory.

The smile on Zhao Ziliang's face disappeared, and his face stiffened for a few seconds before becoming a smile again: "The thoughts of the leaders of the Khans, this king understands!" But the area of the Khazar Khanate was not large, and if so many people went to divide it, how much could each person share? Besides, if you really want to divide it, how should you divide it? The Khan who has a rich territory of water and grass is naturally very happy, if the leader of the Khan who gets the barren land must be unwilling, this king does not see it as this, now the battle has not been fought, whether it is won or lost I don't know, and when we win the battle against the Khazars and destroy the Khazar Khanate, we will come to discuss this matter, I don't know what you think? ”

Everyone thought about it and felt that it made sense, it was indeed too early to talk about dividing the territory, and it was better to wait until after the destruction of the Khazar Khanate.