Everyone has the habit of brain supplementation, and Baddas's automatic brain supplement saved Zhao Ziliang a lot of tongues, and Zhao Ziliang listened to Baddas's words, his face was quite worried: "If the three northern tribes of Pecheneg are bought by the Khazars, then we are really in trouble!" Since you have already sent someone to investigate, then my army will stay here for a few days, and wait for the news to be confirmed before making plans!" ”

Two days later, on March 29, the outpost sent by Padas to investigate the situation returned, and Zhao Ziliang and the leaders of the khans were in the tent. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Khan, the villain has indeed been investigated and found to have done it by the men and horses of the Mati tribe, who saw with his own eyes that they destroyed one of our settlements, and killed our warriors and the old and weak, and stole children, women, cattle, sheep, horses, and livestock, and burned all the houses and tents!"

The sentinel's words made Baddas furious: "Damn the stabbing horses, damn the Huss answer!" Ben Khan will not rest with you! ”

As soon as Ba Dasi finished scolding, Zhao Lei, who was standing guard outside the tent, walked in with his sword and reported to Zhao Ziliangyu: "Father Qiqi, there are a few people outside the camp gate, they say that they are from the headquarters and the stabbing department, and they have come to ask to see the leader of Kuo'er Kuotai and the leader of Quzisi, who have 100,000 urgent matters to report!" ”

All the khan leaders had a bad premonition, especially Qu Zisi and Kuo'er Kotai, they all beat drums in their hearts, and Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Let them come in!" ”

"Yes, Father!" Zhao Lei promised to leave.

Several Pechenegs were soon brought into the tent, and one of them, a strong man in a long leather robe, eagerly saluted and reported to Ko'er Kotai: "Khan, something is wrong, the northern Chathorn Yibu has sent troops to attack several of our northern people's land, the adult strong men and the old and weak have been killed, the settlements have been burned to the ground, women, children, cattle, sheep, horses, livestock, gold, silver and jewels have been robbed!" ”

Another Pecheneg also reported to Quzsi: "Khan, several of our settlements in the north have also been looted, and it was Kol's tribe that did it! ”

"It's really them!" Qu Zi Si stood up with a few big drinks, and then saluted Zhao Ziliang and said: "The king, the Kole Division, the Cha Thorn Yi Department and the Thorn Ma Ti Department help outsiders to deal with us who are like brothers, and they deserve death. ”

Ko'er Kotai and Ba Dasi also stood up and saluted, "O king, please allow us to lead our sons and sons to attack the Cha Thorn and the Tsai Ma Ti, and kill the Sea Tong and Kusi Dasi!" ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and raised it to soothe: "The mood of the three leaders, this king understands it very well, but please calm down the three leaders, this king has his own plans!" This time we were going to attack the Khazars, but now there was an accident, the three northern tribes of Pecheneg were bribed by the Khazars with a lot of money to attack their kindred, on the one hand, they were confused by gold and silver wealth and abandoned their brotherhood and blood relationship, this is a betrayal! Betrayal of any race or nation in this world is shameful and heinous! Therefore, I support you in leading your troops north to attack the three northern divisions; On the other hand, because the behavior of the three northern tribes of Pecheneg interrupted and destroyed our plan to attack the Khazars, and the rear road of my Western Qin army was threatened, this king will never allow such a thing to happen, even if the plan to attack the Khazars is temporarily suspended, we must first help you attack the northern three tribes, and when the northern three tribes are defeated, we will attack the Khazars in the west, what do you leaders Khan? ”

The three of Badasi, Koerkotai and Quzisi were all overjoyed and saluted: "Thank you for the king's helping hand, we, the three southern tribes of the Pecheneg people, will definitely not forget the kindness of Western Qin and the king!" ”

"The three leaders are serious, we are firm allies, allies are in trouble, of course we have to lend a helping hand, otherwise what do we want our allies to do?" Zhao Ziliang said and asked the three of them to get up, then looked at Kimak Khan Vizier and asked, "Vizier Khan, this king has decided to help the three leaders of Baddas solve the northern threat first, and then attack the Khazars in the west, what do you think?" Do you agree? ”

The Kimak Khanate was defeated and surrendered by the Western Qin army, and now it has become a vassal state of the Western Qin, where is there any right to oppose it, naturally Zhao Ziliang is what he says, and the vizier hurriedly said: "Everything in the Kimak Khanate is based on Western Qin and the king, and the king says that wherever and whoever we fight, we will fight whom!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded with a smile, patted the case and said loudly: "Okay, since this is the case, then we will attack the northern three first, and then wave the western division to attack the Khazars when the northern three divisions are solved!" Where are Wei Meng and Bai Xiaode? ”

When Wei Meng and Bai Xiaode heard the order, they immediately stood up and hugged their fists and said, "The end will be!" ”

"Wei Meng is the right, Bai Xiaode is the deputy, this king ordered the two of you to lead the second army, the fourth army, and the Kimak Khanate 10,000 soldiers and horses to set off tomorrow and march west to the bank of the 'Yedili River' (that is, the Volga River) to face the Khazar army across the river, confront them, contain them, do not easily engage with them, prevent them from waiting for the opportunity to cross the river and sneak attack, if there is a chance, your troops can also take the opportunity to attack, but do not be greedy for merit!"

Wei Meng and Bai Xiaode were quite excited, and immediately agreed: "The last general will receive the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to Kuo'er Kotai and Qu Zisi: "With the strength of the Thorn Department and the Qi Headquarters, the three northern tribes should not be able to inflict heavy damage on these two departments in a short period of time. The king will send someone to go with you to exchange news! ”

Kuo'er Kuotai and Qu Zisi immediately got up and said, "Take the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to the generals and the Kimak Khan King Vizier: "The generals and the King of the Vizier Khan will listen to the order, and tomorrow the king will lead the army along the Yayik River (that is, the old name of the Ural River) to the north to attack the Thorn Mati Division!" ”

The generals stood up with the vizier and clasped their fists and saluted: "No! ”

On March 30, the army set out separately in four directions, Wei Meng and Bai Xiaode marched westward with the second, fourth and 10,000 soldiers and horses of Kimak, and then Koer Kotai and Quzisi also returned to their own territory with 3,000 cavalry of their headquarters, preparing to organize troops to resist the attack of the northern Kole and Chaspur tribes, while Zhao Ziliang took Wei Meng's Fifth Army, Ma Lan's escort army with a total of 10,000 elite cavalry, 10,000 cavalry of the Kimak Khanate and 4,000 men and horses of Zou Honbu along the Ural River north.

At noon on the six-day march, Zhao Ziliang's army arrived fifty miles south of the corner of the middle reaches of the Ural River. ”

Baddas replied, "Fifty miles further north, my lord, we will come to the bend of the middle reaches of the Yayk River, where the territory of our Zou headquarters and the Tsai Mati tribe meet!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, and immediately said: "Xuan Eighteen, immediately send a probe horse to investigate the situation around the river bay fifty miles in the north, and extend the scope of exploration to a radius of one hundred miles!" ”

The South Russian steppe is too big, there are hills and bushes everywhere, it is too easy to hide the soldiers and horses, Zhao Ziliang had to be careful, the reconnaissance range of the usual marching operations is only within a radius of fifty miles, and this time it has to be extended to one hundred miles.

Xuan 18 immediately agreed: "No! ”

After the order was given, the army continued to advance. An hour later, the army advanced thirty miles, and the horses returned: "King Qiqi, there is only a burned camp in the bend, and no trace of the enemy has been found!" Our exploration horses have spread out in all directions with the center of the river bend to investigate! ”

After hearing this, Badas said angrily: "That burned camp is one of the places where our Zou headquarters was attacked by the Thorn Ma Ti tribe!" ”

Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Chen Qing, pass the order, the whole army will continue to set off towards the river bay, we will camp at the river bay tonight, and wait for the situation to be found out in the surrounding radius of a hundred miles, and then make plans!" ”

"Yes, King!" Chen Qing agreed, and immediately sent someone to give an order to continue advancing.

In the early afternoon, the whole army set up camp in the middle and lower reaches of the Urals, because all the cavalry, no infantry, Zhao Ziliang did not cut down trees to build fences and walled walls when he set up camp, but simply made some horses to guard some key entrances and exits, if there were infantry and a large amount of grain and grass, it could not be done.

After the camp was set up, Zhao Ziliang ordered the soldiers to be allowed to bathe by the river and wash the horses, and at the same time sent a large number of patrols to patrol within twenty miles around, even the north on the other side of the river sent a patrol, fortunately, it is only March, the ice and snow on the Ural Mountains have just begun to melt, the river is not large, and some shallow places can directly cross the river on horseback.

In the evening of the afternoon, the detective cavalry detective posts returned one after another, and reported to Zhao Ziliang one by one the situation they had discovered, that there were two small tribes within a hundred miles to the east, two small tribes within a hundred miles to the north, and a medium tribe within a hundred miles to the west.

After Zhao Ziliang ate the barbecue and listened to the reports of the Tanma one by one, he turned his head and asked Ba Dasi: "Leader Ba Dasi, do you have a topographic map of the territory of the Horse Ti tribe and the specific location of their various residences?" ”

"Back to the king," said Bhadath, "the little Khan and his men have been to the territory of the Thammati tribe quite a few times, and have never thought of drawing any topographic maps, all the routes, terrains and settlements are in our heads!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Ba Dasi: "In this way, you find a clansman with the best memory and the strongest expression ability to dictate the terrain route and the location of the settlement that he remembers, and this king will find someone to draw with a pen!" ”

"Okay!" Ba Dasi agreed, and immediately sent someone to find a thin and clever clansman to come and dictate it from memory, and Zhao Ziliang asked Du Fu to draw down the content of this person's dictation with pen and ink.

A map was quickly drawn, and Zhao Ziliang looked at the terrain drawn on the parchment scroll, although this terrain was slightly different from the situation around the middle reaches of the Ural River in later generations, the general terrain did not change much, and the various settlements of the Answering Horse Ti Department on the map were clearly depicted.