On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, whether it is in the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty or in all parts of the Western Qin, the people of the people are overloaded with singing and dancing, and they will guess riddles and put lanterns at night, which is lively and lively. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Jiedu envoy's mansion was also lively, most of the military and political officials came, but Liu Wei and others, who had a strong opposition attitude at the beginning, did not come, and Zhao Ziliang didn't care, they didn't like to come.

The marriage between Zhao Ziliang and Wang Zhiyun spread the next day, and it did cause a huge discussion and reaction among the people, but this did not cause any undesirable phenomena.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Ziliang convened a military and political meeting to discuss the national policy of dealing with the Khazar Khanate.

Zhao Ziliang sat on the throne and looked at the civil and military generals and said: "The Khazar Khanate plundered my caravan, killed my mission, and detained my envoys, but it really does not take my Tang Empire and the Western Qin royal court in its eyes, this is contempt and provocation, if we Western Qin want to gain a foothold in this group of wolves, we must not allow and condone this kind of thing to happen, this king has decided to send troops to the Khazar Khanate after careful consideration!" Do you have any objections? ”

All the officials and generals clasped their fists in unison and said: "The king has decided, and the lower officials (last generals) have no objections!" ”

Liu Wei, the prime minister of the Government Council, stood up and said: "Since the king has decided to send troops to the Khazar Khanate, the lower officials do not object, but the lower officials hope that sending troops to the Khazar Khanate will not affect the infrastructure construction and development of all parts of Western Qin!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned; "Lord Liu, what do you mean by that?"

"King, this year's financial budget of my Western Qin Government has been handed over to the secretary of the royal court at the end of last year, and the king has approved it before the end of last year, and now the Household Finance Department can no longer take out too much military spending to support this war!"

Zhao Ziliang asked: "How much more military spending can the Household Finance Bureau come up with?" ”

"I wonder how the king is going to send troops?"

"In the hands of the Khazar Khanate, we need to send 50,000 cavalry!"

Liu Wei said: "Then the remaining silver money in the treasury of the Western Qin Mansion can only support the 50,000 army to fight for four months, and the king must end the war against the Khazar Khanate within four months, once the war continues, it will definitely affect the development and construction of all parts of the Western Qin, and the efforts of the king and the lower officials will be ruined!" ”

"Four months? It will take two months for our army to come and go, and only two months left is too short, can we increase military spending by two months? Zhao Ziliang said and looked at Liu Wei.

Liu Wei said: "If the king must increase military spending, he can only embezzle the emergency disaster relief funds!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "This is not good, no matter what time you can't embezzle the emergency disaster relief funds!" In that case, then we can only fight to feed the war! That's all for the time being, the Finance Department will transfer the military expenses to the account of the Military Aircraft Institute as soon as possible! ”

"No!"

Next, Zhao Ziliang convened a meeting of important members of the Military Aircraft Academy to deploy tasks and prepare for war.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Wang Can: "Wang Can, tell me about the specific military strength and war potential of the Khazar Khanate!" ”

"Yes, King!" Wang Can agreed, stood up and said: "The Khan of the Khazar Khanate is called Habil, and he can gather 50,000 soldiers and horses in a short time, and if he is mobilized, he can raise 100,000 horses, which is all the war potential of the Khazar Khanate, and the weapons of the Khazar cavalry are mainly scimitars, horn bows, and arrows are mostly bone arrows, a small number of iron arrows, and they are mainly equipped with leather armor, all of which are cavalry!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "In view of the fact that the Khazar Khanate is all cavalry, there is no city to attack, we only need to send cavalry, cavalry has the combat methods and characteristics of cavalry, we fight with the Khazars and fight with the rebels in the Central Plains is different, we can't use cavalry as infantry, let alone infantry tactics on cavalry!" ”

The generals said yes.

Zhao Ziliang said to Chen Qing: "After the meeting, immediately ordered the whole army to carry out war mobilization and improve the morale of the soldiers!" ”

"No!" Chen Qing agreed and asked, "I wonder which legions the king is going to send on the expedition?" ”

"Draw all the cavalry of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th legions, a total of 50,000 horses!"

After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he said to Zheng San: "Zheng San, prepare the grain and grass as soon as possible, and prepare a hundred arrows for each cavalry!" If all officers need to change their equipment, they should report it as soon as possible, and the Equipment Logistics Department will replace them as soon as possible. ”

The generals said: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang said to Li Siye, the Operations Division: "Give the orders to the legions that have just been named, start to set off on February 15, and the legions do not have to rush to Hengluos, but go directly to the north shore of the Yaozhishui estuary on the east coast of the Aral Sea to converge, and they must arrive at the predetermined location before the first day of the first day of March!" Each horse is equipped with two horses, one war horse is used for combat, the other Mobei horse is used to pack equipment and food, and the Mobei horse needs to use a mare! Heavy cavalry also needs to prepare more than three horses! ”

"Yes! In this way, you can save a lot of time and you don't have to prepare too much food! ”

Chu Ge asked, "Great King, I wonder who the Great King is going to let lead the army to conquer the Khazar Khanate this time?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "After all, the Khazar Khanate is already a country, not a nomadic tribe, we must be cautious, this king decided to personally lead the troops this time, Zheng San and I will take care of the logistics matters, Wang Zhen will also go with me to take charge of the wounded and dead soldiers, Chen Qing will still be the marching Sima for me, and Gong Ren will be the military law supervisor!" ”

Li Siye hugged his fists and said: "King, now it is no longer the past, now the king is responsible for the safety of the entire Western Qin, the king can not easily go to the battlefield and enter danger, it is better to send another general to lead the army, right?" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "No, this king is less than forty, and he is not old enough to get on a war horse, and he doesn't dare to go into battle because of his comfortable life in the past two years!" Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if something happens to this king, how many sons does this king have, won't you support them? ”

The generals immediately stood up and clenched their fists and said: "The last general will swear allegiance to the king and the royal family!" ”

"Alright, that's it! The people you stay behind are not nothing to do, the security in Western Qin still needs you to guard, and during the period of this king's expedition, the safety of Western Qin depends on you! ”

"No!"

After the meeting, Zhao Ziliang walked out of the military aircraft courtyard, and a personal soldier asked: "King, are you going back to the Jiedu Embassy?" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "Go to Taihuaguan!" ”

"No!"

The Taihua Temple has already been built, right next to the palace, and now the palace is mostly completed, and it will be completed this autumn.

The majestic mountainside and summit are lined with tall stone buildings, and a wide stone-paved winding avenue surrounds the main building leading to the top of the mountain.

At the foot of the hill are the offices of the various government agencies that have not yet been completed, and there are all kinds of stately large buildings, some towering, some wide, some solemn, riding horses through the winding mountain avenue and gradually ascending, everywhere you can see the soldiers and overseers standing guard and the ubiquitous prisoners of war slaves.

Trees and flowers have been planted on both sides of the avenue, and the inner side is a complex of buildings that can be seen everywhere, all of which are within the boundaries of the royal palace, including the houses where the palace maids and attendants lived, as well as the houses of the army guarding the palace, as well as the fortified arrow towers, castles, and gates.

When he reached the mountainside, Zhao Ziliang did not continue to walk up the mountain, but turned to ride to the side, and stopped at a small iron gate, where there were four soldiers standing guard.

When the four soldiers saw Zhao Ziliang and his party coming on horseback, they immediately bowed down on one knee with their spears and said, "Meet the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang dismounted, pointed to the iron gate and said, "Get up, open the door!" ”

"No!"

After the iron gate opened, Zhao Ziliang walked in with two personal guards, and the others stayed outside. This is the only passage from the palace to the Taihua Temple, usually ordinary people are not allowed to take this passage to enter the Taihua Temple, only a limited number of people who are familiar with Yang Yuhuan's identity will walk here to enter the Taihua Temple.

Yang Yuhuan was reciting the Taoist treasure, and a female Taoist priest walked in with a whisk of dust and reported: "Real person, the king is here!" ”

Yang Yuhuan said without raising his head: "Please let him in!" ”

"Yes, real people!"

Zhao Ziliang quickly walked in alone, saw Yang Yuhuan reading a book, and didn't bother, he walked to the side and picked up the kettle that had been boiled and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

After the female Taoist priest left, Yang Yuhuan put down the book, looked up at Zhao Ziliang, saw that he was not in a good mood, and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea and said, "It's nothing, the royal court is ready to use troops against the Khazar Khanate, but the government affairs yuan can't come up with too much military spending!" ”

Yang Yuhuan said: "Don't fight if you don't have money!" ”

Zhao Ziliang drank tea and shook his head: "How can you say it so simple?" I'd rather the development of Western Qin be slower, but also to play the prestige of Western Qin in this battle, if we are indifferent to such things as caravans being looted, missions being killed, and envoys being detained, then our prestige here will decline! In any case, this battle must be fought, and the key now is to what extent it will be fought! Forget it, don't talk about these troubles, Yuhuan, dance for me! ”

Yang Yuhuan snorted coldly: "Hmph, I am a monk now, how can I dance like before?" You have so many wives and concubines in your family, why don't you let them dance for you? ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled bitterly: "It's not that you don't know, they don't know at all, even if they do, they are not as proficient and good at dancing as you!" ”

Yang Yuhuan twisted his body: "I don't jump!" I heard that several of your wives are pregnant again, congratulations on becoming a father again! You're so diligent with them, why don't I have a little movement in my stomach? ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but touch his head, "I didn't come to you less!" Yuhuan, I understand your feelings about wanting to have children, but this is not a matter of one person! Well, I know a man with great medical skills, and I'll bring him to show you in a few days! ”

Yang Yuhuan sighed when he heard this: "Maybe there is something wrong with my body, and the two of us are not less like that, but we just can't get pregnant!" When I was with the first emperor, I always thought that he was old, but now it seems that the problem has always been with me! ”

Zhao Ziliang comforted: "Don't think too much, it's not a big problem, as long as you find the right Langzhong, Langzhong has a way to cure it!" ”

"I hope so! When are you going to go on the expedition? I'll go with you! ”

"A month later!"